Please call Senators NOW and Ask them to Vote YES on the Grassley and Vitter Amendments
Posted by papundits on 07/08/2009
By Roy Beck, President, NumbersUSA – Updated Wednesday 8JUL09 7 p.m. EDT
More phone calls needed Thursday for 2 more amendments. Also send FREE Faxes!
Please go now to this page for the current status of voting on the Senate floor.
Our NumbersUSA legislative team is updating by the hour the progress of voting on DHS appropriations amendments.
As I write this, we are still waiting for votes on an amendment by Sen. Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sen. Vitter (R-La.).
Grassley’s amendment would allow every employer in America to voluntarily run all their current employees through E-Verify to make sure that none are illegal foreign workers. Right now, it is illegal for an employer to do that. Can you believe it?
Vitter’s amendment would re-instate a Bush Administration rule that businesses get notified of all their employees whose Social Security numbers don’t match up with SSA records. This would be another way of driving illegal aliens out of their jobs.
It appears that Senate Majority Leader Reid (D-Nev.) is using parliamentary moves to keep those two amendments from getting votes, once he lost on the Sessions and DeMint amendments. He probably will do what he has done often in the past: Call a cloture vote to end debate before the immigration amendments are brought to the floor.
Your phone calls may be the only things that can block this maneuver and force a vote.
Please follow the instructions on our FEDERAL E-VERIFY page for talking points.
The most important Senators to call are those who voted YES to kill the Sessions E-Verify amendment.
Especially if the Democrats’ phones are ringing off the hooks Thursday morning, they may tell Sen. Reid that he needs to allow an honest vote on our amendments.
Tell Senators to Vote YES on Grassley’s E-Verify Amendment & Vitter’s No-Match Amendment – 202-224-3121
Action Pending on Grassley and Vitter Amendments
Senators will soon vote on an amendment (# 1415) by Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) that would allow employers using E-Verify to check the workplace eligibility of all employees, not just new hires. Under current law, E-Verify may only be used for new hires. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) also is offering an amendment (#1375) that would prevent furhter delays in the implementation of the “no-match” rule, which allows the Social Security Administration to send letters notifying employers that the Social Security number and personal data of certain employees don’t match SSA records (almost always because they are illegal aliens).
Please call Senators NOW and ask them to vote YES on the Grassley and Vitter amendments – 202-224-3121.
And send a FREE Fax.
Victory on Sen. Sessions’ E-Verify Amendment!
Earlier today, Senators passed Sen. Jeff Sessions’ (R-Ala.) E-Verify amendment by voice vote after failing to table it. The vote on the motion to table the amendment failed by a 44-53 margin. The Sessions’ amendment would require federal contractors to use E-Verify and permanently reauthorize the workplace verification tool, which is set to expire this fall.
Click here to see the roll call vote on tabling the Session amendment. A “no” vote supported keeping the amendment alive.
Victory on Sen. DeMint’s Border Fence Amendment!
After votes on the Sessions amendment, Senators adopted (54-44) an amendment by Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) that would require the completion of at least 700 miles of reinforced fencing along the Southwestern border by December 31, 2010.
Click here to see the roll call vote on the DeMint amendment. A “yes” vote supported its adoption.
Thank you for helping to make these terrific wins a reality!
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