Senate Votes Twice for English Language - Yahoo! News

Senate Votes Twice for English Language - Yahoo! News: "Senate Votes Twice for English Language

By SUZANNE GAMBOA, Associated Press Writer 38 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - Whether English is America's 'national language' or its national 'common and unifying language' was a question dominating the Senate immigration debate.
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The Senate first voted 63-34 to make English the national language after lawmakers who led the effort said it would promote national unity.

But critics argued the move would prevent limited English speakers from getting language assistance required by an executive order enacted under
President Clinton. So the Senate also voted 58-39 to make English the nation's 'common and unifying language.'

'We are trying to make an assimilation statement,' said Sen. Lindsey Graham (news, bio, voting record), R-S.C., one of two dozen senators who voted Thursday for both English proposals.

Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., disputed charges that making English the national language was racist or aimed at Spanish speakers. Eleven Democrats voted for his measure."

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This is what makes Democrats look like idiots, not voting for something that will unify Americans. Instead they take the stand that it's devisive. Democrats need to realize that America isn't a free-for-all, as in you can't cross the Rio Grande and just do whatever the hell you please. We've been accommodating that for far too long which is why things are the way they are right now, devisive, and why it's only going to get worse the longer we don't do anything about it. It sucks because I like some of the Democrat ideals... but on some other things they are just ass backwards, in my opinion.