In an impassioned speech on the Senate floor just before the resolution vote, Sen. Robert Byrd, D-West Virginia, said he is the only remaining member of Congress who voted for the addition of “under God” on June 7, 1954. He warned the judges who declared the Pledge of Allegiance unconstitutional to never come before him because “he’ll be blackballed.”
“I wonder if that judge would hold the Declaration of Independence unconstitutional,” said Byrd.
“I hope the Senate will waste no time in throwing this back in the face of this stupid judge. Stupid, that’s what he is.”
- Senators call Pledge decision ‘stupid’, CNN.com, June 27, 2002.
2. Republicans are trying to pass a bill that helps foreign students with degrees in science and technology. They would issue up-to 55,000 visas to students with masters or doctoral degrees. The bill is in the House of Representatives.
The bill eliminates the 55,000 visas given out by lottery to immigrants from countries that do not have large numbers of immigrants in the U.S.
Democrats favor bills that add to the number of science visas but do not want to reduce the number of lottery visas. Some Democrats want to do this in a two-year pilot program. It would add 50,000 visas to the 55,000 already given out.
Currently, graduates have to apply for a visa, or green card. The process can take years before a visa is granted.
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