Did I hear right (in a news blurb on radio)? House passed resolution

[zbdent]

saying that "English" is now the official lang. of the US?

[MadMaddie]

1. If this is true....they did it secretly...

[TomInTib]

3. It wasn't secret - it was grandstanding while the fool was at the border

read my reply #2

[TomInTib]

2. Kinda sorta

http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/05/18/D8HMGLG81.html

The Senate voted Thursday to make English the national language of the United States. Sort of.

Moments after the 63-34 vote, it decided to call the mother tongue a "common and unifying language."

"You can't have it both ways," warned Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., a fan of "national" but not "common and unifying." Two dozen senators disagreed and voted for both as the Senate lumbered toward an expected vote next week on a controversial immigration bill.

The debate occurred as President Bush traveled to Yuma, Ariz., to dramatize his commitment to curbing illegal immigration. At the same time, the White House sent Congress a formal request for $1.9 billion to cover the costs of steps he announced earlier in the week, including the deployment of up to 6,000 National Guard troops to states along the Mexican border.

[zbdent]

4. Thanks - I think they played a clip of Inhofe saying

that 84 percent of the population supported it . . . made me wonder when the Repukes thought that polls were important again . . . but I couldn't see it in the groups.

Haven't been searching long though.

[MadMaddie]

6. Thanks....I find the language "Mother Tongue" interesting...

I don't understand how they figure that the immigrants will be able to pay $750 fee and $100 per dependent if they are living below the poverty line....If they are paying taxes as temporary workers then how can they force them to pay a fee....


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The Senate also voted 64-32 to levy a $750 fee on illegal immigrants who apply for citizenship, and $100 for each dependent. Cornyn, who sponsored the proposal, said the proceeds would be used to reimburse state and local governments, hospitals and other institutions that provide health, education and other services to illegal immigrants.
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[FreakinDJ]

5. Yes I watched the vote

straight down party lines

[sam sarrha]

7. will that include Ubonics...? and what these southerners are speaking here

in the south... i cant always understand what they are saying, and i have been here 2 years, i just smile and nod..