Immigration bill quashed; Senators swayed by pressure from public.(PAGE ONE)

Washington Times, The, June, 2007

Byline: Stephen Dinan, THE WASHINGTON TIMES The on-again-off-again immigration bill took a fatal blow yesterday as a majority of senators voted to block it, responding to millions of e-mails, phone calls and faxes from voters furious over a measure they saw as amnesty. The vote to block the bill was 53-46 - a crushing defeat given that supporters fell 14 votes shy of the 60 needed to limit debate and set an up-or-down vote.

It also represents a major loss of support from just two days earlier, when 64 senators had voted to resurrect the bill from its first defeat three weeks ago. "The message is crystal clear that the American people want us to start with enforcement, both at the border and at the workplace, and don't want promises," said Sen. David...