{"id":4551,"date":"2014-03-11T05:36:32","date_gmt":"2014-03-11T10:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thedustininmansociety.com\/blog\/?p=4551"},"modified":"2014-03-17T09:19:34","modified_gmt":"2014-03-17T14:19:34","slug":"4551","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/2014\/03\/11\/4551\/","title":{"rendered":"Georgia&#8217;s Republican-controlled state Senate: Who voted to continue to allow DACA illegal aliens to obtain and keep a Georgia drivers licenses? VIDEO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Georgia state  Senate<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Who voted to continue to allow illegal aliens to obtain and keep Georgia drivers licenses?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ever ask yourself what really goes on under the Gold Dome? Here\u2019s something. There is a link to official video at the bottom. See if you recognize anyone. <\/p>\n<p>With a Republican-super majority, on March 3, 2014 -\u201cCross-over Day\u201d &#8211; the Georgia state Senate voted on an amendment to legislation related to drivers licenses. Republican state Senator Bill Heath, unable to move his own bill out of the Senate Rules Committee, attempted to attach the same language to SB 392.<\/p>\n<p>The amendment\u2019s addition would have stopped the issuance of  drivers licenses to illegal aliens who have benefitted from Obama\u2019s illegal delayed action on deportation <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uscis.gov\/humanitarian\/consideration-deferred-action-childhood-arrivals-process\">DACA amnesty<\/a>. It is important to know that the DACA  illegal aliens are still illegal aliens.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.legis.ga.gov\/Legislation\/20132014\/142041.pdf\">The Heath Amendment<\/a>, with co-signers Senators<strong> Mike Crane, John Albers, Josh McKoon, William Ligon<\/strong> and <strong>Judson Hill<\/strong>, failed by a vote of 27-8. <\/p>\n<p>There are 56 state Senators. 38 Republicans, 18 Democrats. For the Obama-voters, this vote shows that 21 members of the Senate did not vote.<\/p>\n<p><em>NOTE: This vote was not tallied on the public Senate vote machine and was done by a \u201cstand and be counted\u201d hand vote that was not officially recorded. Handy, ehh?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>A \u201cYEA\u201d vote on the amendment was in favor of illegal aliens losing the ability to access a Georgia drivers license. A \u201cNAY\u201d vote on the amendment was a vote to continue to allow illegal aliens to have a Georgia drivers license.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>*Georgia state Senators voting \u201cYEA\u201d on the amendment (all Republicans):<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Bill Heath<br \/>\nSteve Gooch<br \/>\nJosh McKoon<br \/>\nJudson Hill<br \/>\nDon Balfour<br \/>\nJohn Albers<br \/>\nWilliam Ligon<br \/>\nDavid Shafer <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>*Officially excused from the Senate floor during this important vote:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Mike Crane<br \/>\nTim  Golden<br \/>\nDonzella James  (D)<br \/>\nJeff  Mullis<br \/>\nBruce Thompson<br \/>\nRenee Unterman<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>*Subtracting the \u201cYEA\u201d votes and the excused list of excused senators (who did not vote) gives us the list of Georgia state Senators who voted \u201cNAY\u201d on the amendment. Or did not vote. This is called \u201cwalking\u201d on a vote, often so as not to offend anyone politically.<\/p>\n<p>Senator District City<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Beach, Brandon (Republican) 21 Alpharetta<br \/>\nBethel, Charlie (Republican) 54 Dalton<br \/>\nBurke, Dean (Republican) 11 Bainbridge<br \/>\nButler, Gloria S. (Democrat) 55 Stone Mountain<br \/>\nCarter, Buddy (Republican) 1 Pooler<br \/>\nCarter, Jason (Democrat) 42 Decatur<br \/>\nChance, Ronnie (Republican) 16 Tyrone<br \/>\nCowsert, Bill (Republican) 46 Athens<br \/>\nCrosby, John (Republican) 13 Tifton<br \/>\nDavenport, Gail (Democrat) 44 Jonesboro<br \/>\nDavis, Hardie (Democrat) 22 Augusta<br \/>\nDugan, Mike (Republican) 30 Carrollton<br \/>\nFort, Vincent (Democrat) 39 Atlanta<br \/>\nGinn, Frank (Republican) 47 Danielsville<br \/>\nHarbison, Ed (Democrat) 15 Columbus<br \/>\nHarper, Tyler (Republican) 7 Ocilla<br \/>\nHenson, Steve (Democrat) 41 Tucker<br \/>\nHill, Hunter (Republican) 6 Atlanta<br \/>\nHill, Jack (Republican) 4 Reidsville Hufstetler, Chuck (Republican) 52 Rome<br \/>\nJackson, Bill (Republican) 24 Appling<br \/>\nJackson, Lester G. (Democrat) 2 Savannah<br \/>\nJeffares, Rick (Republican) 17 McDonough<br \/>\nJones, Burt (Republican) 25 Jackson<br \/>\nJones, Emanuel (Democrat) 10 Decatur<br \/>\nMillar, Fran (Republican) 40 Atlanta<br \/>\nMiller, Butch (Republican) 49 Gainesville<br \/>\nMurphy, Jack (Republican) 27 Cumming<br \/>\nOrrock, Nan (Democrat) 36 Atlanta<br \/>\nRamsey, Sr., Ronald B. (Democrat) 43 Decatur<br \/>\nSeay, Valencia (Democrat) 34 Riverdale<br \/>\nSims, Freddie Powell (Democrat) 12 Dawson<br \/>\nStaton, Cecil (Republican) 18 Macon<br \/>\nStone, Jesse (Republican) 23 Waynesboro<br \/>\nTate, Horacena (Democrat) 38 Atlanta<br \/>\nThompson, Curt (Democrat) 5 Tucker<br \/>\nThompson, Steve (Democrat) 33 Marietta<br \/>\nTippins, Lindsey (Republican) 37 Marietta<br \/>\nTolleson, Ross (Republican) 20 Perry<br \/>\nWilkinson, John (Republican) 50 Toccoa<br \/>\nWilliams, Tommie (Republican)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>*<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gpb.org\/lawmakers\/2014\/day-30-crossover-day\">Here is the official archived video<\/a> of the Senate floor debate that occurred before the vote. Go to Senate PM 1 , Day 30 (Crossover Day), Monday, March 3, 2014 slide indicator to 305:00. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Georgia state Senate Who voted to continue to allow illegal aliens to obtain and keep Georgia drivers licenses? Ever ask yourself what really goes on under the Gold Dome? Here\u2019s something. There is a link to official video at the bottom. See if you recognize anyone. With a Republican-super majority, on March 3, 2014 -\u201cCross-over [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4551"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4551"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4551\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}