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TOP Ten reasons Senators voted against The Dream Act

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10. 41 Republican Senators have decided not to be re elected.

 9. Didn’t want to earn citizenship by going to college or military service.

 8. Democrats; Baucus, Pryor, Conrad, Hagan, Nelson and Tester who voted against the bill, wanted no political future.

 7. You can be Gay in the Military but not Gaytino.

 6. The act would have raised 2 billion in revenue, senators didn’t have plan to misspend it.

 5. Didn’t want hundreds of thousands gifted Young Latinos, not mowing their lawns.

 4.They were dreaming of a White Christmas.

 3. Defense Secretary Gates and Homeland Secretary Napolitano supported the Act, but what do they know?

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 2. The three Republicans who voted for the Bill can now announce their candidacy for President 2012.

 1. Apparently, Martin Luther King, The American People and the Senate have different “Dreams”.

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