Democrats stop bid to send 6,000 troops to border

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Source: Yahoo News

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama's Democratic allies in the Senate on Thursday killed a move by presidential rival John McCain to send an additional 6,000 National Guard troops to the U.S-Mexico border.

The Arizona Republican says the security situation along the order has deteriorated so badly that 3,000 guard troops are needed just to help protect his state. Even though McCain won support from a dozen Democrats, he failed to muster the 60-vote supermajority required to adopt his plan under Senate rules.

Democrats also repelled more than $2 billion in additional border security spending proposed by border state Republicans John Cornyn of Texas and Jon Kyl of Arizona.

The action came as the Senate continued debate on an almost $60 billion measure funding Obama's troop surge in Afghanistan, foreign aid and domestic disaster relief.


Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100527/ap_on_go_co/us_congress_border_security

[xchrom]

1. Recommend

[Mr. Sparkle]

2. As a way to piss off republicans, i fully endorse this move!

:)

[Xenotime]

8. Agreed.

[FreeJG]

3. If we protect our borders, AZ won't have to create such ugly laws

The feds need to to their job!

[jobwithout]

5. Its more important to piss of republicans

than to protect the borders and to protect our jobs.

[bowens43]

6. our borders are fine, our jobs are not endanger

from people crossing the border. Our jobs are endangered bu corporate outsourcing.

don't buy the racists propaganda

[EFerrari]

10. Arizona didn't need to create an ugly law which does nothing to stem

illegal immigration. The Republicans needed a way to turn out their base.

[newtothegame]

4. We probably ought to find a way to actually help these people...

if we're going to be up in arms when they try to help themselves (Arizona law).

[EFerrari]

9. The only thing that law helps is Republicans with their rabid base. n/t

[tqla]

7. Obama sends 1400 troops and that is good for Arizonans...

SO McCain finds a way to turn the story around by asking for 6000 more knowing it's overkill and he won't get it. McCain is an old turd with transparent tactics.

[Bette Noir]

11. Good. Those troops are needed in the Gulf.

I'm not sure we need a militarized border to defend against day laborers.

[tomhayes]

12. J.D. Hayworth needs to say "6000 is not enough!!"

How about a billion zillion? And if they don't stop everyone then have all the citizens of Arizona able to sue each of the billion zillion troops for a gazillion fofillion dollars??

That's a sensible policy I tells you.

[fatbuckel]

13. Before all this crap in Arizona started, crime was on the decline there.