Monday, June 24, 2013

FINAL COUNT 67-27, with 15 GOP yes votes: Corker, Ayotte, Chiesa [Christie appointee], Collins, Flake, Graham, Hatch, Heller, Hoeven, Kirk, McCain, Murkowski, Alexander, Rubio, Wicker.

Senate immigration floor debate and cloture vote (Update – passes 67-27) - Le-gal In-sur-rec-tion

Cornyn: This is 'Not Democracy,' It's a 'Dictatorship'



Sen. Ted Cruz Speaks Against Corker-Hoeven Amendment to the Immigration Bill



Hatch: No Guarantee Future Congresses Will Fund Immigration Bill: Orrin Hatch (R-UT), one of fifteen Republicans who voted to end debate on the Senate's immigration bill on Monday, told Breitbart News before the vote that the bill cannot guarantee the bill's $40 billion border security mandates would be funded by future Congresses. - Kerry Picket/Breitbart

Arizona Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio criticized lawmakers who claimed the immigration bill provided sufficient border security.
“[Undocumented immigrants] are very, very innovative. You’ll never secure the border,” Arpaio said on Fox News on Monday. “To say you’re not going to enforce the illegal immigration laws in the interior and blame it on the border, that’s just a copout.”