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Standing along the border between the United States and Mexico, President Bush on Monday renewed his call for more secure borders and a path to citizenship for millions of illegal immigrants. The time to act is now. A small window of opportunity has opened in Washington, where a bipartisan compromise can be hammered out on this red-hot issue. But it's a brief moment. Political posturing and jockeying for the 2008 elections will begin in earnest this fall, and that can quell bipartisan efforts faster than you can say, "Tom Tancredo." Congress and the president need to invest the energy and...

With the deadline for getting an infrastructure bond on the June ballot now only 4 days away, Democrats appear to be pretty close to an agreement amongst themselves on what a bond proposal should look like... and they now say the burden is on Republicans. Senate President Don Perata (D-Oakland) said this afternoon that he's agreed to increase the price tag of a bond proposal to something close to the $30 billion proposed by Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez (D-LA). Perata had originally proposed borrowing less than half that amount, but says he's been convinced to up the ante. "We're very...

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