Senate moves on Gang of 8’s amnesty proposal; Conservatives slam Rubio

http://twitter.com/#!/markknoller/status/344555333047427072
CBS News’ Mark Knoller has some good advice for those planning to read the 1,992-page immigration reform bill that moved forward in the Senate today by a vote of 84-15; you can skip straight ahead to page 845 and not miss anything. That must be where all the stuff about making border security the top priority was before they scribbled it out.
http://twitter.com/#!/DrewMTips/status/344525957417291776
Sen. Chuck Shumer of the Gang of 8 isn’t the only one doing a victory lap. The totally non-political non-profit known as @BarackObama was celebrating as well.
http://twitter.com/#!/BarackObama/status/344557396955394048
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid hears music.
http://twitter.com/#!/NancyPelosi/status/344530061858316288
Sen. Marco Rubio, of course, was the GOP’s front man on the issue, appearing virtually everywhere to sell the plan to skeptical conservatives; however, the man who seemed to be on the short list for a 2016 run hasn’t impressed those who were counting on him to stand up to the wobbly D.C. establishment.
http://twitter.com/#!/KellyO/status/344554032892895233
http://twitter.com/#!/AlexConant/status/344558065158352896
Sen. Chuck Grassley’s tweets might not always be the most eloquent, but he wins with his brief analysis of where the country stands.
http://twitter.com/#!/DavidMDrucker/status/344560249434423297
On immigration reform or anything else, for that matter.
http://twitter.com/#!/SenMikeLee/status/344555511645089792
http://twitter.com/#!/SenatorFischer/status/344529082303774720
http://twitter.com/#!/Mike_Johanns/status/344558407484837889
http://twitter.com/#!/SenDeanHeller/status/344553646903664641
Some among the GOP expressed guarded enthusiasm for moving forward with debate, at least. Forgive us for not getting a thrill up the leg at the mere mention of the word “bipartisan,” though.
http://twitter.com/#!/KellyAyotte/status/344557980148195328
Sen. John Cornyn is arguing that something has to change.
http://twitter.com/#!/JohnCornyn/status/344527422689001473
But back to Rubio. Few expected more from the other members of the Gang of 8, but Rubio owns this legislation, and he’ll own the consequences.
http://twitter.com/#!/derekahunter/status/344532451063914496
http://twitter.com/#!/NolteNC/status/344476321533022208
http://twitter.com/#!/michellemalkin/status/344485262073663491
http://twitter.com/#!/Gabby_Hoffman/status/344485105429000192
http://twitter.com/#!/Geo_Satellite/status/344563370214686720
http://twitter.com/#!/b_keyser/status/344563292322275329
Ouch. Warren Buffett’s #45 hashtag welcoming Hillary Clinton to Twitter was bad enough last night, but #HillarySmiling is more than we can take.
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