1st amnesty vote now looks like next Wednesday

From: Roy Beck, President, NumbersUSA

Date: Friday 3DEC2010 4 p.m. EST

12 Days Until Christmas Ends Amnesty Threat
After all this week fighting the possibility of an amnesty vote the next day, we think we can now tell you that we are unlikely to have that first amnesty vote until next Wednesday.

If you can keep up the phoning and faxing, we might be able to push the votes off even another week.
www.NumbersUSA.com/actionbuffet

Essentially, there are only 12 legislative days until Christmas ends the amnesty threat.
So, we are going to do everything the rest of this year under the banner of our campaign title:
12 Days Until Christmas Ends Amnesty Threat

Our activist members will be working through these 12 days to make 2010 the 9th year in a row that the grassroots will have completely killed off all attempts to pass any kind of amnesty.

This is what my team sees and believes at this moment:  Sen. Reid did NOT file cloture on DREAM yesterday.

The Senate is working on taxes today and tomorrow. (SATURDAY).  The Republicans have refused to go along with a Unanimous Consent agreement on tax votes, so unless an agreement on that is reached today, they will be voting tomorrow morning on that and then, presumably, leave town.

In any case, Reid could file cloture on amnesty either today or tomorrow, which would mean that the earliest a vote could come would be Tuesday (or more likely Wednesday). However, he could wait until next week to file.

House Members will have fled Washington for the comfort of home. When they come back next week, it looks like the leadership is hoping to have an amnesty vote on Wednesday.

Most Hill people now think the Senate won't vote on the amnesty until after the House passes it. If the House takes up the bill on Wednesday and passes it, the Senate might take up the bill on Friday.

Although passage in the House is far more likely than in the Senate, Democratic leaders obviously are having a hard time lining up 218 votes, as they continue to punt the roll call deeper into December.

There are only about 12 legislative days left before Christmas. When Congress goes home for Christmas, everybody seems to agree, this Lame Duck will fly away with them and the amnesty threat will be over (if it hasn't been passed by then.)

Folks, please join me in singing:  On the 12 days of pre-Christmas, the voters came to see Congress remove the amnesty from the congressional pear tree.

Even many mainstream media reporters are starting to adopt the line that our Rosemary Jenks has been quoted saying -- that this will be the last chance for an amnesty for years to come. The pro-amnesty crowd is pouring tens of millions of dollars and every activist trick they have into their last-ditch effort.

They could still win their amnesty this month if all of you don't keep phoning and faxing your opposition:
www.NumbersUSA.com/actionbuffet

First thing Monday, I will send you a revised target list for your phoning.

THANKS FOR EVERYTHIN YOU DID THIS WEEK,