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FROM: Roy Beck, http://www.NumbersUSA.com/fax
DATE: 10:30 p.m. Tuesday 15jul03
RE: The victory of the Hostettler/Gallegly amendment to fight foreign
IDs for illegal aliens
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Want to revel a little bit in a victory?

IN THIS EMAIL:
1. GRATITUDE-----Your role in this astounding upset vote
2. INFO---How today's victory paves the way for much bigger victories
this year
3. INFO---What the law would do & what happens next
4. INFO---List of 23 Democrats who broke with their party and
courageously stood against illegal immigration (are any of these in your area?
call to thank them)
5. INFO---List of 21 Republicans who apparently have so little
commitment to stopping illegal immigration that they were willing to vote
against all of their party leaders and against 90% of the members of their
party.
6. ACTION-----Watch for alerts of new faxes to thank and criticize
Members for their votes today
7. INFO and ACTION------How today's victory was possible only through
the past financial support of Faxer Investors.
8. INFO------Victory press statement by Rep. Hostettler, House
immigration chairman

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1. GRATITUDE-----Your role in this astounding upset vote
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Your phone calling today was the difference.

We've never seen a more beautiful display of immediate and powerful
grassroots response that in an overnight situation changed the direction
of Congress.

You all were amazing!

The Hostettler/Gallegly amendment to H.R. 1950 passed the U.S. House of
Representatives by a 226-198 vote late this afternoon. It would greatly
disrupt the efforts of foreign governments to help illegal aliens in
this country through special ID cards if the Senate approves and the
President signs the bill with this amendment. Mexico's matricula consular
cards for Mexicans living illegally in the United States are the most
notable example.

Frankly, when we heard about this amendment last night, none of us at
NumbersUSA thought there was much chance of it passing. But we
campaigned like crazy the next 18 hours because "you just never can tell."
Plus, we knew that the House Leadership would be watching the vote to guage
the strength of our movement.

I think everybody involved with this effort -- sponsors, other Members
of Congress, staffers -- was surprised by the ease of passage of this
amendment because it came from outside Leadership, from outside the
International Relations Committee which created the bill and WAS OPPOSED
VIGOROUSLY ALL DAY BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT.

We first alerted you at 2:30 this morning. From reports all over the
Hill, we know that many of you were calling offices as soon as staffers
opened them up at 7:30 and 8:00 this morning. And you called all day,
especially as we provided you updates, feedback and new requests.

Congressional offices were stunned because staff and Representatives
had gone home Monday not even knowing this amendment was being offered.
The Rules Committee only agreed to let it come to a vote late Monday
evening. Imagine the shock of the staffers to have so many of you being
the first to inform them about something happening that afternoon.

Believe me, that creates a buzz, with staffers calling other offices
and the sponsors to see what's going on.

Your calls succeeded in framing this vote as something of a referendum
on whether the country endorses illegal immigration or whether it wants
to send signals that it opposes foreign citizens breaking our
immigration laws.

We were hoping at least to ensure that the vote was close enough so
that the impression of the strength of our movement in Congress would not
be damaged.
You have no idea how excited we were when we saw the Yea tally crossing
above 210 and then 220.

A change of only 14 votes would have given a different outcome. There
is no question that your phoning today affected far more than 14 votes.

This kind of last-minute, emergency activism only works if a high
percentage of you respond to our request for action and respond very
quickly. IF YOU
DIDN'T RESPOND TODAY, please make a pledge to do so the next time you
get one of these opportunities so you will know that you have pulled
your weight to protect the future of our country. Next time, please don't
rely on someone else to pull your weight.

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2. INFO---How today's victory paves the way for much bigger victories
this year
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The breakdown was (a couple of Members changed their votes after we
sent our first Victory email):

Republicans:
203 Yeas
21 Neas

Democrats:
23 Yeas
176 Neas

Independent:
1 Nea

Not Voting:
11

As I told you in earlier emails, the GOP House majority leadership was
looking at this vote today to see if the House has enough support for
immigration reforms to justify bringing up larger and more important
bills during the rest of the year.

Clearly, that was made apparent today.

great work. next we need a constitutional amendment prohibiting amnesty for illegal aliens