The pro-castro omnibus bill is one vote short.
Behind the scenes, Reid had to struggle with one in his own leadership, Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), who was upset with Cuba-related provisions in the bill. Efforts were under way to try to win back the New Jersey Democrat with a letter from Treasury addressing his concerns, but these appear to have been unsuccessful.
Contact your State Senators and urge them to not support the omnibus as long as the Cuba language remains, here are Florida’s:
Senator Nelson:
Washington, D.C. Office
United States Senate
716 Senate Hart Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: 202-224-5274
Fax: 202-228-2183
Senator Nelson’s contact page.
Senator Martinez:
United States Senate
356 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Telephone: (202) 224-3041
Fax: (202) 228-5171
Senator Martinez’ contact page.
Fortunately Bill Nelson has indicated he would vote no so long as the Cuba provision is in there. So that’s 2 dems voting no.
Nelson is the weak link, so please, all of you that read this, contact his office and make your voice heard.
I, too, am vehemently against this omnibus bill, but then again I was also against Tarp 1 and 2.
However, 35-40% of Cuban Americans voted for Barack Hussein Obama,Jr. knowing full well what he was going to do and CANF, amongst others like Menendez, cowardly, gave him cover!!
Martinez and Crist were also disastrous for the GOP in November (because Mr. Green Lizard wasn’t picked for VP)….we lost St Pete, Tampa, Orlando, barely won the i-4 corridor for Heaven’s sake.