H.R.4987 - Fence By Date Certain Act

To require construction of fencing and security improvements in the border area from the Pacific Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico. view all titles (2)

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  • Short: Fence By Date Certain Act as introduced.
  • Official: To require construction of fencing and security improvements in the border area from the Pacific Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico. as introduced.

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07/30/08
Demand Congress Build The Border Fence As Promised! Grassfire is ...

Grassfire is urging citizens to contact their members of Congress, demanding support for the Fence By Date Certain Act (HR 4987). Tell your elected representatives on Capitol Hill you won't stand for virtual fencing, single-layered ...

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07/08/08
[FH] Please sign the Build The Border Fence As Promised petition

Specifically, I support HR 4987 and HR 5124 which repeal the Hutchison amendment and restore the specific provisions of the Secure Fence Act. As the San Diego fence has proved, border fences do work. That's why I ...

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07/08/08
McCain and Obama again support amnesty

Grassfire.org Alliance Fence Act Update + + 48-Hour Phone/Fax Blitz Now Underway. See Below. Yesterday both Presidential candidates spoke before the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), reiterating their ...

Source: The Voice
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07/08/08
McCain and Obama again support amnesty

(HR 4987). + + Action Item #2 — Schedule Your Faxes. After calling each of these offices, please consider increasing your impact by scheduling your faxes as well. Click here for more:. http://www.grassfire.net/r.asp? ...

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07/08/08
48 Hour Phone and Fax Blitz

With both Presidential candidates opposing a border fence, HR 4987 -- the Fence By Date Certain Act -- is our last chance to get the border fence built as promised. It is up to grassroots Americans to force this issue, ...

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07/05/08
The Revolution March on Washington - Saturday July 12th

With both Presidential candidates opposing a border fence, HR 4987 -- the Fence By Date Certain Act -- is our last chance to get the border fence built as promised. It is up to grassroots Americans to force this issue, ...

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07/01/08
The US should build a fence along the Mexican border. (Immigration ...

"I support bills such as HR 4987, the Fence by Date Certain Act."

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07/01/08
“Kick The Tires And Light The Fires”

With both Presidential candidates opposing a border fence, HR 4987 — the Fence By Date Certain Act — is our last chance to get the border fence built as promised. It is up to grassroots Americans to force this issue, and send a message ...

Source: Pat Gray
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06/15/08
School excise tax OK’d

We've added another 150 million since then, and will do it again by mid-century UNLESS Congress changes the immigration numbers AND passes the SAVE Act. They must also secure our borders by passing AND implementing H.R. 4987-Fence By ...

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06/10/08
bill would restore funding for 700-mile border fence

washington – congresswoman virginia foxx joined representative walter jones of north carolina at a press conference today to call on congress to pass the fence by date certain act (hr 4987). hr 4987 mandates the completion of a ...

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06/09/08
rep. jones, colleagues demand action on fence by date certain act

... issued the following news release: at a press conference today on capitol hill, steve elliott, president of grassfire.org, presented congressman walter b. jones (r-nc) with more than 200000 citizen petitions in support of hr 4987, ...

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06/09/08
Suburbs see big jump in food stamp use

They must also secure our borders by passing AND implementing H.R. 4987-Fence By Certain Date Act (Jones R-NC) and H.R. 5124-Reinstatement of the Secure Fence Act of 2008 (Hunter R-CA). Family wage jobs for graduates and those ALREADY ...

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06/09/08
JONES AND COLLEAGUES DEMAND ACTION ON FENCE BY DATE CERTAIN ACT

The following information was released by the office of North Carolina Rep. Walter B. Jones: At a press conference today on Capitol Hill, Steve Elliott, President of Grassfire.org, presented Congressman Walter B. ...

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06/09/08
Fence

More than 200000 citizen petitions were presented to Congressman Walter Jones Tuesday by Grassfire.org, in support of HR 4987, the Fence By Date Certain Act. Fence Records WASHINGTON -- A petition with more than 200000 signatures urging ...

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06/09/08
EVENT: REVISED "ADDS BILBRAY, ROYCE, FOXX, MYRICK, GOODE, ELLIOTT ...

Virgil Goode, Jr., R-Va.; and Steve Elliott, president of Grassfire.org hold a news conference to receive more than 200000 citizen petitions in support of HR4987, the "Fence by Date Certain Act," which would reinstate and fund the ...

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06/09/08
Action Urged For Border Fence

More than 200000 citizen petitions were presented to Congressman Walter Jones Tuesday by Grassfire.org, in support of HR 4987, the Fence By Date Certain Act.

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06/03/08
predictions

one is that next week an organization named “grassfire” is petitioning congress to uphold 2 bills that haven’t had any action since february 2008 (hr 4987-fence by date certain act-jones r-nc and hr 5124-reinstatement of the secure ...

Source: ESDELADEA
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06/02/08
Some Amusing & Some Distressing Predictions (not mine)

One is that next week an organization named “Grassfire” is petitioning Congress to uphold 2 bills that haven’t had any action since February 2008 (HR 4987-Fence By Date Certain Act-Jones R-NC and HR 5124-Reinstatement of the Secure ...

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05/28/08
Legislation would re-instate border fence authority

After a Senate amendment seriously limited the border fence mandated by Congress, HR 4987 will specify where the fence should be built, how it should be constructed, and when it should be completed. The bill also authorizes the ...

Source: Inssurance
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05/11/08
Wildlife Corridors

... and protect critical international wildlife corridors. Oppose HR 4987, the "Fence By Date Certain Act," which would, if passed, require the full, double-layered fencing of 700 miles of the US-Mexico border no later than June, 2009.

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05/09/08
Mr. President, build up this wall

HR 4987, the Fence-by-a-Certain-Date bill will require that our country build a secure double fence across the US-Mexico border. Regardless of one’s individual stance on illegal immigration, the ocean of illegal immigrants provide cover ...

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05/04/08
Border Fence in Peril. Your Action Needed

Weeks ago, Rep. Walter Jones (R-NC) introduced key legislation that would require a return to the original fence mandate that was evacuated shortly after being written into law. His bill HR 4987– Fence [...]

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05/03/08
THE VIRTUAL BORDER FENCE HAS FAILED! : The Partisan Report

-H.R. 4987- Fence By Date Certain Act (Jones R-NC) -H.R. 5124- Reinstatement of the Secure Fence Act of 2008 (Hunter R-CA). To be quickly connected to your Congressman, call the Capitol switchboard today: 202-224-3121. ...

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05/03/08
#2 5.22.08

and sponsored HR 4987--Fence by Date Certain Act. This bill restores the Secure Fence Act's 854 miles of double layered fence. Given the situation, the time is NOW to pressure Congress to make good on their promise to build the ...

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05/03/08
Border Fence

and sponsored HR 4987--Fence by Date Certain Act. This bill restores the Secure Fence Act's 854 miles of double layered fence. Your role is quick, simple & easy. Just put your name on the petition supporting the border fence and spread ...

Source: A NEWT ONE
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05/01/08
Wheres The Fence

and sponsored HR 4987--Fence by Date Certain Act. This bill restores the Secure Fence Act's 854 miles of double layered fence. Given the situation, the time is NOW to pressure Congress to make good on their promise to build the ...

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05/01/08
Do or Die Year for the Border Fence

and sponsored HR 4987–Fence by Date Certain Act. This bill restores the Secure Fence Act’s 854 miles of double layered fence. Given the situation, the time is NOW to pressure Congress to make good on their promise to build the ...

Source: The Voice
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05/01/08
"This Year it is Do or Die for the Border Fence"

and sponsored HR 4987--Fence by Date Certain Act. This bill restores the Secure Fence Act's 854 miles of double layered fence. Given the situation, the time is NOW to pressure Congress to make good on their promise to build the ...

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04/30/08
How To Build A Fence

How To Build A Fence Walter Jones (R-NC), who is behind a critical piece of legislation (HR 4987) that would restore the original double-layered fence mandate that was gutted by certain members of the Senate months ago. ...

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04/30/08
Do or Die Year for the Border Fence

However, Congressman Walter Jones (R-NC) has taken the initiative and sponsored HR 4987--Fence by Date Certain Act. This bill restores the Secure Fence Act’s 854 miles of double layered ...

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