State Senate Republican Leader Glenn Coffee questioned the timing of a meeting of the Senate's illegal immigration task force scheduled on November 1, saying the meeting is "an attempt to prop up Democrat Senator Daisy Lawler's failing campaign" less than a week before the general election. Coffee told OKPNS why Lawler's campaign is not resonating with district 24 voters: "Part of the reason Daisy Lawler is in trouble in this conservative district is her liberal voting record on illegal immigration. She voted to allow illegal immigrants to get in-state tuition at state colleges. She voted to allow illegals to receive state financial aid and scholarships*. She helped block an amendment to make sure illegal aliens can't get welfare benefits. And she even helped block an amendment that would have prevented illegal aliens from voting in our elections."** Insiders believe Senate Democrats appointed Lawler to chair the task force in an attempt to hide her poor record on illegal immigration. Democrat leaders excluded Republican senators when they created the task force. Coffee said the Republican candidate, Anthony Sykes, is a conservative leader who is committed to real immigration reform. NOTES: * In 2003, Daisy Lawler voted for SB 596. This bill made illegal aliens eligible to receive in-state tuition, state financial aid, and scholarships at state colleges and universities. ** In 2006, Daisy Lawler voted to support Democrat procedural moves to block the Williamson amendment to HB 2634. The Williamson amendment would have made illegal aliens ineligible to recieve state benefits. The amendment also sought to prevent illegal aliens from voting in Oklahoma elections by requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote. Posted at 11/01/2006 10:16:00 AM