c******t
发帖数: 2478 | 1 【 以下文字转载自 ChinaNews 讨论区 】
发信人: FUV (扶危济贫), 信区: ChinaNews
标 题: The five longest filibusters, per Senate records
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Thu Mar 7 00:35:11 2013, 美东)
Strom Thurmond — 24 hours, 18 minutes: At the time, the South Carolina
senator was a Democrat, who was railing against the Civil Rights Act of 1957
. To fill the time, Thurmond read the election laws of all 48 states that
were then part of the union.
Alfonse D'Amato — 23 hours, 30 minutes: In 1986, the New York Republican
once known as "Sen... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 2 Dem Senator McCaskill ‘Very Uncomfortable’ After TSA Patdown
by Jammie
Welcome to the real world, Senator.
OMG, it was awful! Funny, but I never recall a peep from her after we’ve
witnessed years of children and elderly women going through aggressive
searches. But inconvenience a sitting Senator? Why, we just can’t have that
! I wonder what was on her hands that tested positive. Maybe it’s residue
from her shoveling so much bullshit. |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 3 by Jammie
Could have? Has he been paying attention since October 1?
President Barack Obama’s healthcare law could have a “meltdown” and
make it difficult for his Democratic Party to keep control of the U.S.
Senate next year if ongoing problems with the program are not resolved, a
Democratic senator said on Sunday.
Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia, who has urged delaying a penalty
for people who do not enroll for health insurance in 2014 under the law,
told CNN that a transitional ye... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 4 Mississippi Senate Passes Sweeping Bill Called Anti-LGBT
Businesses, social workers and public employees cannot be punished for
denying services based on their beliefs
The Mississippi Senate voted Wednesday evening to pass a religious freedom
bill which some say could have sweeping anti-LGBT repercussions for the
United States.
The Republican-dominated Senate voted 31-17 to pass the controversial bill,
called the “Protecting Freedom of Conscience From Government Discrimination
Act.”
The legislat... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 5 Republican leaders and high-powered donors in Utah are waging a quiet but
concerted campaign to convince 83-year-old incumbent Senator Orrin Hatch not
to seek reelection next year—and now, they may have found a successor.
Mitt Romney, the one-time presidential nominee and leading Trump critic, is
exploring a run for Hatch’s Senate seat.
According to six sources familiar with the situation, Romney has spent
recent weeks actively discussing a potential 2018 Senate bid with a range of
high-level Re... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29576 | 6 ND等几个州人太少只有一个 congressman, 但有2个senator
: 每个州有两个senator，若干个district。每个district选一个house的
congressman。
: legislator泛指所有的senators和congressman。
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发帖数: 24733 | 7 Democratic Sen. Mark Warner texted with Russian oligarch lobbyist in effort
to contact dossier author Christopher Steele
Sen. Mark Warner, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee who
has been leading a congressional investigation into President Trump's
alleged ties to Russia, had extensive contact last year with a lobbyist for
a Russian oligarch who was offering Warner access to former British spy and
dossier author Christopher Steele, according to text messages obtained
exclusivel... 阅读全帖 |
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c*******e
发帖数: 5818 | 8 找到了，从最开始就分了 三个 “class” 2年，4年，6年，然后 以后就都 六年了！
At the start of the first session of Congress in 1789, the senators were
divided into the three classes by lot with same-state senators assigned to
separate groups. The first class’ term expired in two years, the second in
four years, and the third in six years. Subsequent elections to all
classes were for the full six-year Senate term.
所以开始有人先“牺牲”一下，但那个时候 基本上都 被重新 选上！但走这个过程，
以后就捋顺了！ |
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S*******i
发帖数: 2018 | 9 国父们创建的制度还是相当牛逼的，主党在大城市得票再多，想flip senate还是相当
困难的。
Nor is the Senate majority likely to change soon. In 2020 Republicans will
defend 22 seats, but only two of them are in states Hillary Clinton carried
—Susan Collins in Maine and Cory Gardner in Colorado. Democrats will have
some serious vulnerabilities of their own, starting with Doug Jones, who won
the 2017 special election in Alabama to replace Jeff Sessions because Roy
Moore’s campaign collapsed under a flurry of #MeToo denunciations. Alabama
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b*****d
发帖数: 61690 | 10 MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota -- Democrat Al Franken declared victory in the hotly
contested Minnesota Senate race Monday saying the win is "incredibly
humbling."
A Minnesota board says Al Franken won his U.S. Senate race against Norm
Coleman by 225 votes.
A Minnesota board says Al Franken won his U.S. Senate race against Norm
Coleman by 225 votes.
The Minnesota State Canvassing Board on Monday certified the results of the
recount of Republican Sen. Norm Coleman's fight to retain his seat against
Frank |
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x******k
发帖数: 847 | 11 【 以下文字转载自 USANews 讨论区 】
发信人: xavierok (Hermes), 信区: USANews
标 题: Senate to Vote on National Internet Sales Tax Tomorrow
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Tue Mar 19 15:34:05 2013, 美东)
The Senate is about to vote on a national Internet sales tax mandate
tomorrow.
National Internet Tax Mandate (known as the "Marketplace Fairness Act) S336
which would bring about a national tax on all Internet sales.
Call your Senators and tell them NO!
Co-Sponsor List so far:
Sen Alexander, Lamar [TN] - 2/14/2013
Sen Blunt, Roy [M... 阅读全帖 |
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x******k
发帖数: 847 | 12 【 以下文字转载自 USANews 讨论区 】
发信人: xavierok (Hermes), 信区: USANews
标 题: Senate to Vote on National Internet Sales Tax Tomorrow
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Tue Mar 19 15:34:05 2013, 美东)
The Senate is about to vote on a national Internet sales tax mandate
tomorrow.
National Internet Tax Mandate (known as the "Marketplace Fairness Act) S336
which would bring about a national tax on all Internet sales.
Call your Senators and tell them NO!
Co-Sponsor List so far:
Sen Alexander, Lamar [TN] - 2/14/2013
Sen Blunt, Roy [M... 阅读全帖 |
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s*******h
发帖数: 3219 | 13 【 以下文字转载自 Military 讨论区 】
发信人: sammamish (sammamish), 信区: Military
标 题: 这下Uber真的完了:Uber insurance bill passes Senate
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Sat Apr 25 18:38:26 2015, 美东)
昨天参议院以绝对多数通过法案，强制Uber和普通出租车公司一样负担所有保险和各种
费用。Uber打车变得和cab一样贵。
A Senate plan that places insurance requirements on app-based transportation
services like Uber and Lyft is now poised to move to the House, which is
set to take up its own plan today.
By a vote of 28-12, the Senate passed Sen. David Simmons' SB 1298, which
would require high... 阅读全帖 |
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m**i
发帖数: 394 | 14 【 以下文字转载自 Parenting 讨论区 】
发信人: northbeach ((想认识一个小时候放过羊的朋友)), 信区: Parenting
标 题: 大家去Senator Huff 关于SCA5的video点赞吧 (转载)
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Fri Feb 21 22:48:02 2014, 美东)
发信人: dddpppqqq (大皮球 x3), 信区: SanFrancisco
标 题: 大家去Senator Huff 关于SCA5的video点赞吧
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Fri Feb 21 22:39:10 2014, 美东)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtELhY3tNVc
大家去Senator Huff 这段video底下点赞吧! |
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a*****g
发帖数: 19398 | 15 GOP Senators: No More Money for Common Core
By Alyson Klein on April 7, 2014 3:48 PM
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaign-k-12/2014/04/gop_senato
Ten Republican senators don't want to see another dime of federal money
going to states in exchange for adopting certain academic standards. That
includes the Common Core State Standards, now embraced by 45 states and the
District of Columbia. The senators also don't want any more federal funding
going to develop assessments that go along with the c... 阅读全帖 |
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a*****g
发帖数: 19398 | 16 Senate appropriators unveiled their fiscal 2016 education spending plan
Tuesday afternoon, proposing to fund the U.S. Department of Education and
its federal education programs to the tune of $65.5 billion, a $1.7 billion
cut from fiscal 2015.
Unlike the House appropriations subcommittee, which proposed cutting $2.8
billion and eliminating 20 programs in its education spending bill, the
Senate subcommittee's strategy was not as severe.
Still, the proposal would slash funding for a slew of educat... 阅读全帖 |
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x*****g
发帖数: 764 | 17 这个版上的信息很丰富，很多IDs也很乐于助人。
我母亲寡居多年，之前签证三次都没有过但是最近的一次已经是大概4年半前了。这次
我又想鼓励她试试。我母亲条件不是很好，是个‘退休’的农民，除了刚刚买的100多
平米的一个新房子，没有更多其它财产了，呵呵。我是2008年4月回去过。
现在我想让这儿的Senator帮忙给上海领事馆写封信/传真什么的。我知道以前有人这么
做过，senator办公室也说他们曾经帮助过很多人办签证什么的。大家说这个到底有没
有用啊？另外，senator办公室让我告所他们我想让他们帮忙解决这个签证的什么问题
。我应该怎么说啊。
谢谢大家的意见。如果有什么标准的东西可以借鉴就更好了。恨死这个签证的破事了。 |
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b********y
发帖数: 5829 | 18 首先fillibuster基本不可能，正式投票时50%以上也是铁板钉钉了，看来周四周五就会
有结果。
Jan. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke juggled an
interest-rate meeting with phone calls to senators as he rolled up more
support for a confirmation vote Majority Leader Harry Reid said may take
place Jan. 28 or 29.
“He has the votes to be confirmed,” Senator Judd Gregg, a New Hampshire
Republican, told reporters in Washington. “He is the right guy for the job.
”
Senator Amy Klobuchar, a Minnesota Democrat, said she spok |
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m**i
发帖数: 394 | 20 My H1 extension case has been pending over 4 months. I am planning to write
senator about this. Anyone has the sample letter to write to senator, please
send me! Also any suggestion about which senator to write to in CA? |
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a****g
发帖数: 460 | 21 【 以下文字转载自 Immigration 讨论区 】
发信人: aeneng (岛主), 信区: Immigration
标 题: Senator 2 给我的回信
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Wed Sep 14 21:05:56 2011, 美东)
Dear Dr. ***:
Thank you for contacting me about employment-based immigrant visas. I
appreciate hearing from you on this issue.
Under current immigration law, employment-based immigration is limited
to 140,000 visas, or green cards, per year. The process for obtaining
employment-based visas can take years to complete, causing many of these
visas to go unused. T... 阅读全帖 |
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p*****t
发帖数: 64 | 22 各州senator的联系方式：
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
我赶赶忙忙写了极为拙劣的几句话，不成样子，贴在这里，谁真懒得写就拿去用吧：
Dear Senator XXX,
I am writing this letter to you to seek for your help to rescue me, a legal
immigrant. I am an employee of a financial service company in northern
Virginia. I am from China. I’ve been with my company for 5 years. During
these years, I worked hard, both for this beautiful country and for my
future. I submitted my immigration petition at the beginning of 2006, |
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发帖数: 5 | 23 Joseph Lieberman, US Senator
706 Hart Senate Office Building, WASHINGTON DC 20510
July 7th, 2007
Dear Senator Lieberman:
I am a XXX professor at XXX University, who has been actively
contributing to improving the higher education in XXX. I seek your help in
the following matter:
On June 13th, the U.S. Department of State Visa Bulletin announced
availability of a large number of immigration visa, which opened door for
legal employment-based immigration applicants to submit their paperwork
startin |
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b*******i
发帖数: 76 | 24 Contact one Senator by email requesting if he can make an inquiry to CIS to
issue our green cards. Given information on us including name, PD, A#,
receipt #. Received reply from his office two days later.
Dear Mr. xxx:
Our office received your e-mail requesting assistance with USCIS and your
green cards. Our office contacted USCIS to check on the status of your cases
. I am happy to report that your case and your wife and son’s cases have
all been approved. The green cards were produced and mai... 阅读全帖 |
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y***e
发帖数: 6082 | 25 等了多久去联系的啊，赞
Contact one Senator by email requesting if he can make an inquiry to CIS to
issue our green cards. Given information on us including name, PD, A#,
receipt #. Received reply from his office two days later.
Dear Mr. xxx:
Our office received your e-mail requesting assistance with USCIS and your
green cards. Our office contacted USCIS to check on the status of your cases
. I am happy to report that your case and your wife and son’s cases have
all been approved. The green cards were pro... 阅读全帖 |
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m******M
发帖数: 136 | 26 People said that senator can help pending I485. I contact two senators two
weeks ago. One forwarded the letter from USCIS to me. It asks me to wait
another 60-90days. The other one was told by USCIS TSC that I need to wait
for another 30 days. Some people here claimed that their cases were approved
after 2-3 days since senators contacted USCIS. However, it is not my case
and mine is still under Initial review.
What do I need to do?
RD 4/12/2011 |
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d*****r
发帖数: 137 | 27 是否可以同时联系州内的两个Senator,貌似理论上没有限制。
好处是可以maximize chance of attention from USCIS
但是他们都会去联系USCIS的话，会不会知道他们互相都被当枪使了，从而导致不认真
办事了？
个人在先联系了第一个Senator之后继续联系第二个Senator有没有义务告知后者之前联
系的前者？
劳烦有经验的朋友解答~ |
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d*****r
发帖数: 137 | 28 问题是，要是好几个senator啊congressman啊都同意帮忙怎么办，他们一股脑的都去催
USCIS，USCIS不被烦死？
假设senator A上午9点打了个电话给TSC,Senator B下午2点致电TSC，然后TSC的人告诉
B：A上午已经打过了，你就不要再打了，这不是很尴尬？ |
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发帖数: 661 | 29 i contacted our local senator for inquiry my 485 pending case....now the
senator office told me that ,according to the reply from USCIS, my case had
already been assigned to office for adjudication.Please allow 30-45 days to
get the decision.
This is very normal response from USCIS and senator....What should i do ?
Bless me |
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f*****0
发帖数: 661 | 30 by the way, each senator/congressman has their assigned district..I just
asked help from the local senator who is in charge of our city,besides other
region..He would definitely be happy to do some help for the residents in
his own district....It is also not a hurt to try other senator who is not in
your district |
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发帖数: 241 | 31 我的485(副申请)已经在TSC pending as Acceptance 快7个月了，主申请人绿卡已拿到
5个多月了。我联系了Senator (Dallas, tx) 和 CISOMB，他们的最后一次答复是：
CISOMB’s response (Feb. 01, 2013):
Dear Sir/Madam,
The Ombudsman's Office has received the response regarding your case. They
request thirty days to render a decision on your case. If you have not
heard from them by March 1, 2013, please notify our office and reference
case number xxx. At this time we will close your inquiry. Please do not
hesitate to contact us if you do not hear from... 阅读全帖 |
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v*********e
发帖数: 241 | 32 我想senator帮忙了. 今天绿了!
也祝大家早绿!
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我的485(副申请)已经在TSC pending as Acceptance 快7个月了，主申请人绿卡已拿到
5个多月了。我联系了Senator (Dallas, tx) 和 CISOMB，他们的最后一次答复是：
CISOMB’s response (Feb. 01, 2013):
…
Senator’s response (Dec. 28, 2012):
大家说说我应该先联系谁呢？ 还是都联系？
顺便求祝福并祝大家早绿。。。 |
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s*****y
发帖数: 32 | 33 Senate Judiciary Committee passes immigration reform bill
Los Angeles Times | May 21, 2013 | 4:55 PM
A sweeping bipartisan plan to overhaul the nation’s immigration system was
approved by a key Senate committee, which tilted the bill to the political
right with amendments designed to attract more Republican support.
The centerpiece of the legislation– the 13-year path to citizenship for
many of the 11 million people now without legal status – survived intact.
The bill heads to the full Senate. |
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发帖数: 225 | 34 上周五03/14给本州Senator办公室写信。这周二就收到了电话。Senator办公室有个人
专门处理移民问题。他在电话里问怎么可以帮到我，我说我有个会4月中旬在中国开，
急需绿卡。他就问我问什么不用AP。我说我怕万一485不批，我就来不了美国了。他说
他帮我打电话催催TSC。不知道Senator帮忙管不管用。不断祈祷吧！ |
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发帖数: 485 | 35 之前我发过senator得到的回复（见最下），今天我也收到USCIS的信件，得到的回复居
然和我之前一次online SR一样的回复。你们看看，USCIS这不是滥用模板，到底该信哪
个？SR？infopass？Tier 2？还是senator？
我得到的信件回复是：
The status of this service request is:
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) records indicate your
application is currently pending and has been pre-adjudicated. Final review
by an officer is dependent upon approval of the Form I-140 as well as visa
availability based off your category and priority date. Please keep your
mailing address current to avoi... 阅读全帖 |
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T****k
发帖数: 1374 | 36 http://www.c-
span.org/Watch/Media/2010/05/11/HP/A/32807/Senate+Judiciary+Cmte+Hearing
+o
n+US+Citizenship+and+Immigration+Services.aspx
New Green Card, CIS Study Discussed at Senate Hearing
By David North, May 11, 2010
The issuance of a new, more secure green card and a study by CIS
Director Research Steven Camarota were among the topics discussed at
this morning's hearing of the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
The sole witness was Alejandro Mayorkas, Director of U.S. Citizenship
and Im |
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y******i
发帖数: 1 | 37 Senators Menendez and Leahy Introduce the Comprehensive Immigration Reform
Act of 2010 (S. 3932)
Cite as "AILA InfoNet Doc. No. 10093066 (posted Sep. 30, 2010)"
On 9/29/10, Senator Menendez (D-NJ) and Senator Leahy (D-VT) introduced
the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2010 (S. 3932).
73-page section-by-section summary http://www.box.net/shared/l3yktd7ac6
short 3-page bullet point summary of the bill.
http://www.box.net/shared/l6c25n0irj
16-page summary of the bill, http://www.box.net/sha |
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y******a
发帖数: 510 | 38 从最近催绿看来。senator还是有一定力量。尽管不能加速和改变你的case。
基本可以肯定
service center和senator有直接联系通道。
48小时就要回复给senator.
联系人有可能就是IO。
他们也有权request files,但是不知道是不是有批的权利。
所以值得一试。 |
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b**********e
发帖数: 460 | 39 filed SR and contacted senator through online form:
received SR response saying my PD is not current yet (maybe they messed up
my PD in their system).
received senator's office response by phone saying my case is in
adjudication process and will have results in 30 days.
I told senator's office that I got a different response from my SR. they
agreed to check for me again.
then waiting... |
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p******4
发帖数: 34 | 40 准备给Senator打个电话去催下,先上来跟大家取取经.
貌似Class1的Senator离下次reelection最近, Class3的刚刚当选，不知道哪一种比较
管用？大家觉得是Class1的想作点儿事情为下次reelection做准备，还是Class3的刚上
来还有干劲？
电话上直接说能把A#,Receipt#,PD之类的这些数字说清楚么？还是应该电话上叙述完情
况再问个FAX把这些材料发过去followup?
有必要扣什么大帽子没？不知这些Senator最喜欢什么样式的帽子。还有什么各种建议
，欢迎拍砖。 |
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发帖数: 6191 | 41 还是2006年中的PD
2年前local interview差点被锯掉 因为排期没到
排期到了n久迟迟不批 开始做了几次infopass说要fp又一直没收到fp通知
3个月以前在本版知道还能写信催 就给senator写信拿到一个fp通知
之后说fp clear了 但还是啥动静都没有
2礼拜前ld做了infopass 说case被高层拿走因为给senator/congressman写信的缘故
再问senator啥的说 case被infopass的人拿回去因为infopass的缘故 还说USCIS does
not like to move files back and forth between different sections of the
office.我觉得他们是什么都没有做
SR打电话什么都没用 说case已经在local
这样下去还能催么？？？ |
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发帖数: 306 | 42 Thank you for your message regarding the green card backlog. I appreciate
hearing from you.
I am pleased to be an original cosponsor of the Comprehensive Immigration
Reform Act of 2011, S. 1258. Several provisions address family and
employment visa reforms. Among these reforms, this bill would recapture
unused visas from Fiscal Year (FY) 1992 through 1997. S. 1258 also would
increase immigration visas for children and siblings of United States
citizens and provide a specific visa allocation for ... 阅读全帖 |
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m**n
发帖数: 750 | 43 My lawyer helped me make a SR today. And he got a reference number for the
call. In that case, should I contact my senator now or wait a little longer?
If so, what kind of information is needed before I contact my senator
Another question, which one is better, congressman or senator?
Thank you. Btw, my pd is july 27 |
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c*******l
发帖数: 823 | 45 The senator in my district replied showing his support as below.
Thank you for contacting me to express your support for H.R. 3012, the
Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act. Your opinion is very important to
me, and I appreciate the opportunity to respond to you on this critical
issue.
You will be pleased to know that I support legislation that eliminates the
per country limits for employment-based green cards and increases the per
country limit on family visas from 7 to 15 percent. This p... 阅读全帖 |
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d*********y
发帖数: 748 | 46 就是看一下house投票的结果，凡是某一州中有一个反对票，就认为该州senate有一个
会反对该法案。如果某一州出现两张反对票，就认为该州两个senate都会投反对票。但
我认为加州和德州两个senate会投赞成票。预测结果差不多是88票赞成，12票反对。这
个简单算法的假设是如果一个州所有的众议员都投赞成票，该州参议员也会和他们一样
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c*****k
发帖数: 230 | 47 在opencongress那个网站支持了一下那个18多少提案，下面是一个senator的回信
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This letter was a reply from the office of Sen. Frank Lautenberg [D, NJ] on
December 01, 2011.
In Response to Your Message
This is a Mulit Part MIME message. Your mail client does not support MIME or
you have disabled this feature. This is a plain text version of the content.
Dear Mr. XXXX:
Thank you for contacting me about employment-based immigrant visas. I
appreciate hearing from you on t... 阅读全帖 |
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d*******7
发帖数: 550 | 48
Thank you for contacting me to express your support for the "Fairness for
High-Skilled Immigrants Act." I appreciate hearing your perspective, and I
welcome the opportunity to provide my point of view.
Currently, the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) mandates that the
number of employment-based and family-sponsored visas made available to
individuals of a particular country cannot exceed seven percent of the total
number of visas made available per year. On November 10, 2011, Senator
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h*******1
发帖数: 206 | 49 HAO TONGZHI!
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Dear hmschmsc1:
Thank you for contacting me to express your support for the "Fairness for
High-Skilled Immigrants Act." I appreciate hearing your perspective, and I
welcome the opportunity to provide my point of view.
Currently, the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) mandates that the
number of employment-based and family-sponsored visas made available to
individuals of a particular country cannot exceed seven percent of the total
number of visas made ... 阅读全帖 |
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v*******7
发帖数: 201 | 50 Dear Mr. XX :
Thank you for contacting me to express your support for the "Fairness for
High-Skilled Immigrants Act." I appreciate hearing your perspective, and I
welcome the opportunity to provide my point of view.
Currently, the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) mandates that the
number of employment-based and family-sponsored visas made available to
individuals of a particular country cannot exceed seven percent of the total
number of visas made available per year. On November 10, 2011... 阅读全帖 |
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