The Senate Immigration Bill is Unconstitutional

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Now this is pretty funny

The long-fought Senate immigration bill that opponents say grants amnesty to 10 million illegal aliens is unconstitutional and appears headed for certain demise, Senate Republicans now say.

A key feature of the Senate bill is that it would make illegals pay back taxes before applying for citizenship, a requirement that supporters say will raise billions of dollars in the next decade.

There's just one problem: The U.S. Constitution specifically prohibits revenue-raising legislation from originating in the Senate.

"All bills for raising revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives," according to the "origination clause" in Article I, Section 7.

I thought this part of the articule was specifically telling:

But Minority Leader Harry Reid won't go along with that fix. His office said yesterday that the concerns raised by Mr. Frist and House Republicans are "technical in nature" and can be ignored.

The fact that a bill is unconstitutional is technical in nature? Id say thats pretty dang important. Regardless, this may be the beginning of the end of the Senate Immigration bill.

 

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A glimmer of hope...