Comments on: Sherrod Brown, and His Changed Immigration-Bill Vote of Little Renown http://www.bizzyblog.com/2007/06/30/sherrod-brown-and-his-changed-immigration-bill-vote-of-little-renown/ The Business End of the Blogosphere Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:20:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Cornfed http://www.bizzyblog.com/2007/06/30/sherrod-brown-and-his-changed-immigration-bill-vote-of-little-renown/#comment-115692 Cornfed Sun, 01 Jul 2007 17:32:45 +0000 http://www.bizzyblog.com/2007/06/30/sherrod-brown-and-his-changed-immigration-bill-vote-of-little-renown/#comment-115692 "Voinovich tagged along a week or two later. See this June 19th article." Correction: Sen Voinovich was involved earlier than stated above. My comment above was premature. Details are in link below. Excerpts of note: - Originally involved about the same time as Sen G. based on the datem by Sen V of a "letter of June 7" to Secretaries Rice and Chertoff. - Actually using the Senate processes to develop a bill: "I am writing to express my interest in holding a Subcommittee hearing " http://voinovich.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=NewsCenter.PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=26ecb0cf-802a-23ad-4427-8691461d11c1&Region_id=&Issue_id= Another press release by him lists highlights of the bill he's co-sponsoring with Sen Coleman. That bill may be worth a closer look, here or by other bloggers if/when hearings are held, since border-crossing proposals are part of the details. Just wanted to correct my info above. “Voinovich tagged along a week or two later. See this June 19th article.”

Correction: Sen Voinovich was involved earlier than stated above. My comment above was premature. Details are in link below. Excerpts of note:
- Originally involved about the same time as Sen G. based on the datem by Sen V of a “letter of June 7″ to Secretaries Rice and Chertoff.
- Actually using the Senate processes to develop a bill: “I am writing to express my interest in holding a Subcommittee hearing ”

http://voinovich.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=NewsCenter.PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=26ecb0cf-802a-23ad-4427-8691461d11c1&Region_id=&Issue_id=

Another press release by him lists highlights of the bill he’s co-sponsoring with Sen Coleman. That bill may be worth a closer look, here or by other bloggers if/when hearings are held, since border-crossing proposals are part of the details.

Just wanted to correct my info above.

]]> By: TBlumer http://www.bizzyblog.com/2007/06/30/sherrod-brown-and-his-changed-immigration-bill-vote-of-little-renown/#comment-115683 TBlumer Sun, 01 Jul 2007 03:53:20 +0000 http://www.bizzyblog.com/2007/06/30/sherrod-brown-and-his-changed-immigration-bill-vote-of-little-renown/#comment-115683 #4, fair enough on the Brown response. In general, until this past week, Ohio's Senators have been about as invisible as they come since the last election. Brown has thus far been a virtual non-entity. #4, fair enough on the Brown response.

In general, until this past week, Ohio’s Senators have been about as invisible as they come since the last election. Brown has thus far been a virtual non-entity.

]]> By: Cornfed http://www.bizzyblog.com/2007/06/30/sherrod-brown-and-his-changed-immigration-bill-vote-of-little-renown/#comment-115679 Cornfed Sun, 01 Jul 2007 01:52:02 +0000 http://www.bizzyblog.com/2007/06/30/sherrod-brown-and-his-changed-immigration-bill-vote-of-little-renown/#comment-115679 Brown does deserve credit for responding directly to anyone who contacted him via his internet site and included an email address. I contact both Senators on the same day last week. Only Brown provided a direct reply. I suppose it's possible I had a typo in my email address, so interested in hearing if others had a different experience. Brown does deserve credit for responding directly to anyone who contacted him via his internet site and included an email address.

I contact both Senators on the same day last week. Only Brown provided a direct reply. I suppose it’s possible I had a typo in my email address, so interested in hearing if others had a different experience.

]]> By: Cornfed http://www.bizzyblog.com/2007/06/30/sherrod-brown-and-his-changed-immigration-bill-vote-of-little-renown/#comment-115678 Cornfed Sun, 01 Jul 2007 01:47:31 +0000 http://www.bizzyblog.com/2007/06/30/sherrod-brown-and-his-changed-immigration-bill-vote-of-little-renown/#comment-115678 "Maybe Sherrod Brown is busy helping with passports. Let’s cut him some slack then." Nah. I first noticed this as an issue from my periodic check-in at Sen Grassley's site. He started a fuss on June 5th. http://grassley.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressReleases.Detail&PressRelease_id=5409 Voinovich tagged along a week or two later. See this June 19th article. http://www.newsnet5.com/news/13527413/detail.html?subid=10101081 e.g. "Voinovich is co-sponsoring an amendment to the immigration bill aimed at quelling the burden of future passport delays as the January 2008 deadline approaches." A quick google today on "passports Brown" got nothing of note. Very quick look though, so I may be wrong. “Maybe Sherrod Brown is busy helping with passports. Let’s cut him some slack then.”

Nah. I first noticed this as an issue from my periodic check-in at Sen Grassley’s site. He started a fuss on June 5th.
http://grassley.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressReleases.Detail&PressRelease_id=5409

Voinovich tagged along a week or two later. See this June 19th article.
http://www.newsnet5.com/news/13527413/detail.html?subid=10101081
e.g. “Voinovich is co-sponsoring an amendment to the immigration bill aimed at quelling the burden of future passport delays as the January 2008 deadline approaches.”

A quick google today on “passports Brown” got nothing of note. Very quick look though, so I may be wrong.

]]> By: Mike Pelsozy http://www.bizzyblog.com/2007/06/30/sherrod-brown-and-his-changed-immigration-bill-vote-of-little-renown/#comment-115677 Mike Pelsozy Sat, 30 Jun 2007 22:41:21 +0000 http://www.bizzyblog.com/2007/06/30/sherrod-brown-and-his-changed-immigration-bill-vote-of-little-renown/#comment-115677 I noticed that Sherrod Brown has bothered to say nothing about what he has been doing since taking office last January. Oh wait...he did speak to some lefties about his accidental vote, and complained about having temporary offices. Other than that nothing...nodda...zip. Out of curiosity I went to some left wing echo chambers, in Ohio, and posed the question: What has Sherrod Brown been up to? I pointed out the same thing that you did. That is, that his web page is a joke. No press releases...nothing. The reply from left-wing Ohio was along the lines of (paraphrase): "So what...you want to make something out of nothing?!?!?" Someone even admitted that they though Sherrod Brown was an ineffective legislature! No one tried to defend him. I am glad to see someone pointing this out. Maybe Sherrod Brown is busy helping with passports. Let's cut him some slack then. I noticed that Sherrod Brown has bothered to say nothing about what he has been doing since taking office last January. Oh wait…he did speak to some lefties about his accidental vote, and complained about having temporary offices. Other than that nothing…nodda…zip.

Out of curiosity I went to some left wing echo chambers, in Ohio, and posed the question: What has Sherrod Brown been up to? I pointed out the same thing that you did. That is, that his web page is a joke. No press releases…nothing.

The reply from left-wing Ohio was along the lines of (paraphrase): “So what…you want to make something out of nothing?!?!?” Someone even admitted that they though Sherrod Brown was an ineffective legislature! No one tried to defend him.

I am glad to see someone pointing this out.

Maybe Sherrod Brown is busy helping with passports. Let’s cut him some slack then.

]]> By: dave http://www.bizzyblog.com/2007/06/30/sherrod-brown-and-his-changed-immigration-bill-vote-of-little-renown/#comment-115673 dave Sat, 30 Jun 2007 21:14:26 +0000 http://www.bizzyblog.com/2007/06/30/sherrod-brown-and-his-changed-immigration-bill-vote-of-little-renown/#comment-115673 Brown is getting no heat from the leftroots because they didn't like this bill either, but for different reasons, mainly the guest worker provisions, which they view as creating a second tier citizenship status that would undermine the earning power of traditional Democrat constituencies. see: http://news.aol.com/elections-blog/2007/06/26/immigration-temp-workers-and-the-left/ and http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/6/25/73229/6647 Brown is getting no heat from the leftroots because they didn’t like this bill either, but for different reasons, mainly the guest worker provisions, which they view as creating a second tier citizenship status that would undermine the earning power of traditional Democrat constituencies.

see: http://news.aol.com/elections-blog/2007/06/26/immigration-temp-workers-and-the-left/

and

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/6/25/73229/6647

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