{"id":3770,"date":"2013-06-11T09:00:52","date_gmt":"2013-06-11T13:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/?p=3770"},"modified":"2018-12-28T15:57:20","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T20:57:20","slug":"votes-on-gang-of-eight-amnesty-to-start-this-afternoon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2013\/06\/11\/votes-on-gang-of-eight-amnesty-to-start-this-afternoon\/","title":{"rendered":"Votes on Gang of Eight Amnesty to Start This Afternoon…"},"content":{"rendered":"

After months of back room negotiations and deals with special interests, the U.S. Senate will vote on whether to bring to the Senate floor S. 744, the Gang of Eight amnesty bill, TODAY at 2:15 p.m. EDT.<\/p>\n

This important procedural vote will determine if the U.S. Senate will debate the longest and most expensive amnesty bill ever submitted to Congress.<\/p>\n

You can kill this bill today. Call your U.S. Senators NOW and demand that he or she vote NO on today\u2019s vote.<\/strong> Click here to find the phone number for your Senators and talking points to help you with your call.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

With pressure from the White House, pro-amnesty Senators like Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and Chuck Schumer (D-NY) are demanding that this bill be rushed through the Senate before July 4 so that the American people don\u2019t have time to learn the devastating impact this bill would have on our country.<\/p>\n

The bill might be called \u201ccomprehensive immigration reform\u201d but these \u201creforms\u201d only gut interior enforcement, fail to secure the border, and open the door for more than 34 million immigrants to come to the U.S. over the next decade. S. 744:<\/p>\n