Senate Makes Major Move on Immigration Reform
Posted by Michelle Moquin on June 19th, 2013
Good morning!
Yes, I’ve been watching the news and hearing all about this waste-of-a-time-far-reaching-anti-abortion-bill that the repubs are so focused on when it has been said that it will no way pass the Senate and Obama will veto it. Do we women need to be concerned? I don’t think so but one never knows. The politics are pretty crazy lately.
There are so many important things to be concerned about – legislation that needs their time…jobs…immigration…and as usual the sick repubs just can’t seem to keep their business out of our vaginas, with so much time spent trying limit our rights and freedoms. These are same repubs that claim to defend the constitution, yet they want to take away our constitutional right to choose.
And did you hear what Rep. Michael Burgess (R-Texas) said on Monday? He stated that abortion should be banned as early as 15 weeks after conception because he has witnessed male fetuses masturbate at that stage.
OMG, if you didn’t think that men (s0me, not all) only cared about themselves and their sexual needs and self-preservation, this is a perfect example for you to take notice and go “hmmm.” If it wasn’t a crazy and true statement made by someone that represents a part of our country – Texas (ahh..that makes sense)…someone who was voted in by the people (of Texas), it would be funny.
Let’s not forget this when the mid-term elections roll around again in 2014. If Burgess is up for re-election, vote the man out, with all of the rest who are trying to take away our rights and freedoms.
I’m not going to give them any more time this morning – I’ve given it enough.
Let’s focus on something important…something that deserves time. How about “immigration?” I think this is the latest from ThinkProgress. If not, please enlighten me.
84 VotesJun 11, 2013 | By ThinkProgress War Room Senate Makes Major Move on Immigration ReformImmigration reform including a pathway to earned citizenship moved one step closer to reality today as the Senate voted overwhelmingly, 84-15, to began debating and amending the bipartisan bill that passed the Judiciary Committee last month. Unsurprisingly, all of today’s no votes came from Republicans, including those leading the opposition to the bill: Sens. Jeff Sessions (AL), Mike Lee (UT), and Ted Cruz (TX). While many of those who voted to take up the bill today are expected to oppose it in the end, today’s vote is the latest sign of strong momentum. By contrast, the vote to take up the 2007 immigration reform effort, which ultimately failed, was a much narrower 64-35. Good news also came from the other side of the Capitol today, with Speaker Boehner (R-OH) predicting that the bill will become law before the end of the year. In another positive sign, Boehner also refused to rule out passing a bill through the House with mostly Democratic votes. Finally, the president also held an event today with DREAMers and a bipartisan group of others who support reform with a pathway to earned citizenship.
The only unfortunate news on the immigration front today came from Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), who appears to want to have it both ways once again. Rubio was reportedly asking his Republican colleagues to refrain from coming out in support of the bill so he could use the appearance of a lack support among Republicans as an excuse to drag the bill to the right. Discouraging fellow senators from supporting one’s own legislation is a relatively unheard of move. A new poll out today shows that 81 percent of Latinos polled reject the notion of the “border-security first” approach that Rubio is inching toward. That includes 76 percent of Latinos who have voted for a GOP candidate in the past. Instead, Latinos want to see the pathway to citizenship and border security implemented concurrently, just as it is in the Gang of 8 bill Rubio himself helped author. |
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Yw: I HOPE you and Ym will get together soon, if you haven’t already.
Zen Lill: Thanks for your comment. In my opinion, killing is never simple, even in theory. Just to be clear, I am not condoning murdering one’s husband for no reason. Nor do I agree to make it “look” very self defense to condone murder. I won’t go down that path of thinking. I am not saying you are either. However yes, I agree with you, about killing him. If you are protecting yourself and you do get the opportunity to shoot him before he tries to kill you, make sure you kill him, with one shot or many if necessary.
Readers: If I was not clear, let me get clear now. If you are being physically abused, or even threatened to the point where you fear your life, and the hairs on the back of your neck get raised, most likely your life is in dire danger. Listen to your gut. Make sure that you protect yourself, and if necessary kill the man before he kills you. By not having a gun and leveling the playing field, you could be endangering your life, and your children’s lives. In my opinion the best way to protect your children is to keep them away from the abuser/perpetrator. If you’re dead, you can’t exactly do that.
Madeline: I used to go the movies all of the time. I can’t even remember the last movie I went to. I have no idea what is even out there. Your comment filled with conviction leads me to believe you are correct. And if so, we need more women writers. Speaking of…
Wendy: With your experience in the film industry, I think you have a new career in film writing waiting for you. Go for it.
Kady: Interesting. Thanks for enlightening me.
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June 19th, 2013 at 3:04 pm
HI Mischa, yes that’s all correct in the clarification. I get the idea, and no I don’t condone violence at all, in self defense, women probably would fare better if they didn’t wait till a man was coming at them for the kill, there are signs along the way, perps usually bait women and then yell she was crazy after they’ve driven a woman past her capacity, emotional and physical abuse happens that way…lure you in and then it happens, argh…
I guess you just have to be ready to bail no matter how much you ‘love’ – and I know there are plenty of women who wait till next time…and then still love…nothing is a grayer area of life than being in that situation or watching a friend be there and not want to leave, hoping, always hoping…for change, and there is rarely an abusive man who changes.
Yes, more women films starring women would be great, and FYI all the current male flicks suck (although I may add that Bradley Cooper is one fine specy ; )
Luv, Zen Lill
June 19th, 2013 at 4:54 pm
Shame on you Serena Williams!
June 19th, 2013 at 7:14 pm
The FBI is trying to round up any and everyone who knows about their murder of Ibragim Todashev the 27-year-old Chechen immigrant who was shot and killed after being interrogated for days about the Boston Marathon bombings.
This was murder. The man was unarmed. The two local cops that were there are afraid for their lives. The FBI is known for the accidental deaths that occur to people who may differ with their accounts of events.
Mike,TM
June 19th, 2013 at 7:16 pm
Anon#2
C’mon, you can’t be suggesting that a 16 year old girl should have been out drinking that way.
June 19th, 2013 at 9:49 pm
Shirley,
So I guess you think the same way as miss Williams? Certainly it must be her fault for what she wore, where she was, what she did, right? Excuse the male behavior. Blame the victim. That’s mysogynist thinking. Thinking like that is a direct reflection on our societys acceptance of violence in my opinion.
Serena did issue a statement saying she didn’t mean to be offensive and perhaps you didn’t understand what you were saying either.
Today I read about Spanking for Jesus. Dumber than a box of rock women and the creatures that control them by violence.
Society accepts violence. And excuses it.
It’s gross. I wonder what it’s going to take to change the way humans treat each other, and if its even possible.
Spanking for Jesus’ movement combines Christian fundamentalism and sadomasochism
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/06/19/spanking-for-jesus-combines-christian-fundamentalism-and-sadomasochism/
/SB
June 19th, 2013 at 10:00 pm
The dailly beast article:
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/06/19/spanking-for-jesus-inside-the-unholy-world-of-christian-domestic-discipline.html
(Wasn’t sure if I could post more than one link at a time)
/SB
June 19th, 2013 at 10:19 pm
I understand what she meant. If you mix 16 year olds, booze and no supervision it is likely that some unsuspecting girl will get raped.
It doesn’t say the boys have an excuse to rape the girl. It does say the parents were negligent in allowing her to be there that late at night and unsupervised.
June 20th, 2013 at 9:37 am
Serena Williams has reached out to the family of the victim in the Steubenville, Ohio, rape case after the tennis star was quoted in a Rolling Stone article saying “she shouldn’t have put herself in that position.”
The tennis star, in England preparing for Wimbledon, spoke to the victim, her mother and a family lawyer for about 30 minutes Wednesday, the lawyer said. “Serena was very nice, very sincere and it was a very well-received conversation among two women and a young lady,” attorney Bob Fitzsimmons said Thursday.
Williams apologized in a statement released through her agent Wednesday.
“I am currently reaching out to the girl’s family to let her know that I am deeply sorry for what was written in the Rolling Stone article,” the statement said. “What was written — what I supposedly said — is insensitive and hurtful, and I by no means would say or insinuate that she was at all to blame.”
The comment was made in one paragraph of a long story posted online Tuesday about Williams. The 16-time Grand Slam tournament winner is coming off a French Open title and is ranked No. 1 entering Wimbledon, which starts next week.
The victim’s family welcomed Williams’ apology in its own statement Wednesday, saying it was “proud of her” for the updated remarks.
“We are sure Serena has & will continue to use her God given talents to advance women’s equality and send the message that rape is never acceptable under any circumstance,” according to the statement released by Fitzsimmons.
“We are fans of Serena and will continue rooting for many more championships but more importantly watching her advance the cause of rape victims who are never to blame.”
thank you, Serena, from all of us.