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pdakwala said:Everyone,
So far there is no news that the section 8001 and 8002 or S1932 are included in the final version of the bill. Detailed discussion is going on and will be continued during this weekend and on Monday. Conference committe will not be able to do anything since the final version of the bill will be decided by the members who have played major role in giving this bill shape and size.
It is therefore very important that we all start sending letters to our senators and House of Representative requesting them to address retrogression problem by including the section 8001 of S1932.
I Just did my part.
sunjoshi said:Is this conference meeting a closed session? I don't see any converage on cspan etc.
pdakwala said:There is a huge difference in the senate version and house version of the budget reconcilliation bill. Therefore both senate and house republican leaders are trying to resolve thier differences in the closed door meeting. No cameras or reporters are allowed. In other words we will not be able to see it on the c-span. The only thing we will be able to see and hear is the name of the members taking part in the conference committee and voting on the final version of the bill (called conference report). The conference committee members name will be given on Tuesday when both senate and house returns. The speaker in the house will declare the names of the conference committee members. The compromise bill will then be given to them. They will go through it and then will present back to house and senate floor naming it as conference report for voting before it is sent to President for his signature.
What does this mean for the immigration community:
It is not a good idea to wait till the conference committee members are known since the majority of the work to resolve the difference will be done in the closed door meeting. Instead we all should start sending the letter at this time.
In fact that is what NUMBERSUSA is doing. They are not waiting to send letter to the members of the conference committee only. They are sending it to everyone.
If we wait till end we will loose this war against our antiimmigration enemy. There is nothing wrong on sending the letter to all the representative any way.
WellWisher007 said:Please pm me with your number
nozdam said:Pdakwala, where are you getting your information from? I am just wondering if there is a website or something that we are missing. Coz i dont see anything either on the house website or the senate website. It wud be great if you could post that website or something
pdakwala said:There are several sources. Few things I have heard on the cspan and few things I found it on the Internet. I have some recording and would like to post here but this web site does not allow .wav file. So check following link.
http://f3.grp.yahoofs.com/v1/AIuaQ0...zEOYE/Roy Blunt on Deficit Reduction Bill.wav
From now on I will post the link on this web site also. Things that I have heard on the cspan won't be available in full though .
Also check this site for latest news. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dy...5/12/09/AR2005120901787.html?nav=rss_politics
You will have to read between the lines by the way. Also if you call your Senator's office or House of Representatives office they some times will be able to give you some good information.
pdakwala said:URGENT
Denny Hastert have said that in the House things that will be happenings for the last week will surprise many people.
"We’re going to finish our efforts to reduce the deficit soon. I know I talked to you before about the Deficit Reduction Act that we passed. The American people deserve to have a more efficient and effective government. This legislation makes the reforms so they have that. We’ve passed our version in the House. The Senate has theirs. So now we’re working out a compromise and I hope we can get that to the floor soon."
Source: http://speaker.house.gov/journal/051209_weeklyupdate.shtml
I am again telling everyone not to wait till the members of the conference committee are known. Please start sending letters to the key members who have played major role in Deficit reduction bill from day one. This week is very important.
network_dude said:can somebody send me the links for faxing Congressman and Senators?