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  • Immigration bill dealt blow in Senate

    06/07/2007 2:54:51 PM PDT · by Baladas · 14 replies · 1,356+ views
    Reuters ^ | June 7, 2007 | Donna Smith
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A sharply divided Senate on Thursday threw into doubt the fate of the plan backed by President George W. Bush to revamp U.S. immigration laws. The Senate fell 27 votes short of the 60 needed to advance the bill toward a final vote, dealing a serious blow to the comprehensive effort to overhaul immigration law before Bush leaves office in January 2009. The bill, which has drawn fire from both the right and the left, ties tough border security and workplace enforcement measures to a plan to legalize most of the 12 million illegal immigrants
  • For Bush, fight over immigration bill is personal {gag alert)

    05/31/2007 11:46:52 PM PDT · by Baladas · 87 replies · 1,858+ views
    The Houston Chronicle ^ | May 31, 2007 | JULIE MASON
    President Bush sounded like he hoped to sever ties with the remaining 30 percent who like him when he went after critics in his party this week over opposition to his latest immigration plan. "If you want to scare the American people, what you say is the bill's an amnesty bill," Bush said during a stop in Glynco, Ga. "That's empty political rhetoric, trying to frighten our citizens." It was his harshest public backhand yet to the conservative bloggers, commentators, politicians and CNN anchor Lou Dobbs, all gassing about how the bill amounts to amnesty. "People shouldn't fear our capacity...