Posted on 10/04/2004 7:17:15 AM PDT by Goldwater4ever
The White House has told House Republicans that it wants them to remove provisions in their intelligence-overhaul bill that would crack down on illegal aliens' obtaining drivers' licenses, allow easier deportation and limit the use of foreign consular ID cards. The Senate's bill lacks those provisions, and as the two chambers race toward trying to pass a bill before the Nov. 2 election, the measures are a potential stumbling block. The White House wants those provisions out, according to a congressional source familiar with the bill. "They have expressed desire to kill some of the immigration provisions and gut some of others," the source said, speaking on the condition of anonymity. Rosemary Jenks, a lobbyist for stricter immigration controls for the group NumbersUSA , who has been tracking the bill, said White House policy officials met with Republican staffers to urge them to remove the provisions, even though White House officials initially had signed off on those same provisions before the bill was introduced officially. "The White House was involved in the negotiations before the bill was introduced, and now, for some reason, it has come back and decided to insist that the main provisions, the most effective provisions of the bill, be gutted," she said. She said House Republican leaders appear to be standing firm in refusing the White House demands. A White House spokesman did not return a call for comment yesterday. ***
"This goes to the very heart of the entire conspiracy of 9/11," he said. "These people entered the country, got driver's licenses, used those driver's licenses to obtain the services they needed, and then used those driver's licenses to get on the plane."
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Bush had better get his head out of his ass before next month.
Illegals are a major problem in Ohio. If he attempts to aid them then he will lose this state.
There are a lot of conservatives who will stay home.
Sometimes I wonder if Bush REALLY wants to win this election ...
Kill the bill so illegals can KILL US ??
Whose side is bush on?
The White House is walking a fine thin line on this one. It may be that Bush is counting the Mexican vote to help him pull this one out and he fears alienating them with these bills.
Bush is trying really hard to lose the election.
Congress needs to distance themselves from this White house. Bush doesn't have the guts to veto it.
I say challenge him.
Looks as though somebody on the House side has learned the meaning of resolve and backbone.
It's true that few if any of us will change our votes because of this (who would we vote for, the poodle??), but the kind of active support he's going to need to get elected will be dampened by quite a lot. Suppressing this legislation is pure madness.
This is precisely the kind of thing that will cause me to have to hold my nose while voting for 43.
I did that with his daddy in '88 and '92, with Dole in '96, and with GWB in 2000.
Isn't there another Ronald Reagan out there, somewhere? Will we ever have a conservative candidate again, somebody outside the beltway-country club GOP establishment?
I'm way past tired of voting for "the lesser of two evils." I guess it's time to check out the Constitution Party website once more!
After all, they jumped through all the hoops, payed the money, waited patiently, to get here..
They don't appreciate illegals getting perks, etc. at all..
I'm sure this is a rove move. The guy is an illegal alien lover and a traitor.
The Mexican vote? You mean the illegal alien vote? Are we DemocRATS now?
What is Bush's problem with stopping illegal immigration?
Bush is doing fine as a war president, but his thinking about closing the border is beyond me. This is bound to have an adverse effect on the man he picks to succeed him.
After Bush is elected it will be time to go after his immigration policies through the courts and the Legislature. If Bush won't stop illegals from entering this country the American people will have to go around him, and maybe the man who succeeds him too.
I got this quote from the Federalist this morning.
"The bosom of America is open to receive not only the Opulent
and respectable Stranger, but the oppressed and persecuted of all
Nations and Religions; whom we shall welcome to a participation
of all our rights and privileges, if by decency and propriety of
conduct they appear to merit the enjoyment." --George Washington
IF BY DECENCY AND PROPRIETY OF CONDUCT THEY APPEAR TO MERIT THE ENJOYMENT.
I wish Bush and his advisors who are misdirecting him would read the Federalist. And spend more time on FR.
I will NOT vote for Bush if this is not changed. Mexico should NOT be anything special. They (Mexico) sure as hell don't bend over backwards to help the US or its citizens.
Rove is probably a political genius, but this is not about politics. This is about keeping the country safe. This is the kind of thing I would expect from the 'rats, but not from the guy I thought was on our side (as opposed to the side of the French, the EU, the UN, and most likely the terrorists).
Sounds like Bush is afraid the Dems will use the bill's passage as ammunition against him..
He's probably right..
But they will do so no matter what is in the bill..
If it is changed as he wishes, they will simply attack him for laxness on "security" issues..
damned if you do, damned if you don't..
rove is the most dangerous individual today to the republic and the constitution.
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