DREAM Act

2016 is probably not going to be a good year for former Tea Party darling Marco Rubio. He's never faced a well-armed Democrat before and slipped into the Senate with less than half the votes cast.

Only 11 Republicans voted against the draconian anti-DREAMers bill that passed Friday night night, mostly Republicans in vulnerable seats with large Latino constituencies like Jeff Denham (R-CA), David Valadao (R-CA), and Joe Heck (R-NV). But one name that stood out on the list of 11 who wouldn't back the Ted Cruz/Steve King anti-Hispanic caucus bill was Colorado extreme right-winger Cory Gardner.

Who said the Republicans don't want to pass immigration legislation? Emboldened by their big win in FL-13 yesterday, every single Republican (+ 5 scummy Blue Dogs who really are Republicans in all but name) voted against the DREAMers… and against anything else Obama could try to do to solve the immigration problem.

The overall bill was for appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security and that passed 245-182, 25 Democrats joining all but 10 Republicans in favor.