Immigration Focus - Kathryn Jean Lopez - The Corner on National Review Online

Wednesday, June 20, 2007

I've seen a lot of Senate target lists on immigration floating around — this is the best so far. If you're going to be making phone calls urging senators to kill the amnesty legislation, focus on the "possible/maybe"s.

The Kill Bill Caucus:

Republicans (16)

Democrats (8)

* Alexander (TN)

* Allard (CO)

Bond (MO)

Bunning (KY)

Coburn (OK)

Corker (TN)

DeMint (SC)

* Dole (NC)

* Enzi (WY)

* Inhofe (OK)

* Roberts (KS)

* Sessions (AL)

Shelby (AL)

* Smith, G. (OR)

Thune (SD)

Vitter (LA)

* Baucus (MT)

Byrd (WV)

Dorgan (ND)

* Landrieu (LA)

McCaskill (MO)

Tester (MT)

* Pryor (AR)

* Rockefeller (WV)

Possible/Maybe:

Republicans (12)

Democrats (8)

Burr (NC)

* Chambliss (GA)

* Cochran (MS)

* Cornyn (TX)

Crapo (ID)

Ensign (NV)

Grassley (IA)

Gregg (NH)

Hatch (UT)

Hutchison (TX)

Isakson (GA)

* Sununu (NH)

Bingaman (NM)

Boxer (CA)

Conrad (ND)

* Levin (MI)

Nelson (NE)

Sanders (VT)

Stabenow (MI)

Webb (VA)

Unlikely/Maybe Not:

Republicans (11)

Democrats (0)

Bennett (UT)

Brownback (KS)

*Craig (ID)

* Coleman (MN)

* Collin (ME)

* Domenici (NM)

Lott (MS)

* McConnell (KY)

Murkowski (AK)

Snowe (ME)

* Stevens (AK)

* Warner (VA)

Really Unlikely:

Republicans (0)

Democrats (21)

Bayh (IN)

* Biden (DE)

Brown (OH)

Casey (PA)

Clinton (NY)

* Durbin (IL)

Dodd (CT)

Feingold (WI)

* Harkin (IA)

Inouye (HI)

Kohl (WI)

* Lautenberg (NJ)

Leahy (VT)

Lincoln (AR)

Murray (WA)

Nelson (FL)

Obama (IL)

* Reed (RI)

Schumer (NY)

Whitehouse (RI)

Wyden (OR)

No Way:

Republicans (8)

Democrats (13)

* Graham (SC)

* Hagel (NE)

Kyl (AZ)

Lugar (IN)

Martinez (FL)

McCain (AZ)

Specter (PA)

Voinovich (OH)

Akaka (HI)

Cantwell (WA)

Cardin (MD)

Carper (DE)

Feinstein (CA)

Kennedy (MA)

* Kerry (MA)

Klobuchar (MN)

Lieberman (CT)

Menendez (NJ)

Mikulski (MD)

Reid (NV)

Salazar (CO)

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