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Illegal Alien Amnesty and Repeal of Military Gay Policy Fail in Senate

The DREAM Act, granting young illegal aliens amnesty so that they can remain in the U.S. legally, and the lifting of the "don't ask, don't tell" policy on homosexuals in the military were dealt a significant setback this afternoon in a vote in the U.S. Senate. Senate telephones were inundated with calls from the public on these two issues, which were attached as amendments to the 2011 defense authorization bill.

Hawaii Senators Daniel Inouye (D) and Daniel Akaka (D) voted with the losing side, but in line with the vast majority of Democrats.

Illegal aliens and their advocates are passionate about unlimited numbers of them gaining the right to stay here legally and the homosexual crowd is passionate about being able to join the military openly, so the issues will keep returning again and again as long as Democrats, their chief advocates, are willing to keep trying to get these two groups what they want. With Democrats in the majority, the votes are very close. It's obviously within the realm of possibility that illegal aliens will be granted amnesty and that gays will be happily serving openly and intimately with young, attractive military members of their own sex.
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The Hill

by Roxana Tiron and J. Taylor Rushing

The Senate on Tuesday dealt a significant blow to the Obama administration’s efforts to repeal the ban on openly gay people serving in the military.

In a 56-43 vote, Senate Democratic leaders fell short of the 60 votes they needed to proceed to the 2011 defense authorization bill, which included language to repeal the Clinton-era “Don’t ask, don’t tell” law. Every Senate Republican present and three Democrats voted to block debate on the bill.

Republicans objected to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s (D-Nev.) plan to hold votes on several amendments to the bill that reflected Democratic priorities, including an immigration measure seen as boosting Reid’s own reelection campaign. Reid also would have limited amendments offered by the GOP.

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