May 17, 2006
JUST KEEPS WINNING:
Immigration Proposals Pass Test In Senate: Guest-Worker And Citizenship Provisions Survive (Jonathan Weisman and Jim VandeHei, May 17, 2006, Washington Post)
A fragile Senate coalition backing a broad overhaul of the nation's immigration laws survived its first legislative test yesterday, beating back efforts to gut provisions to grant millions of illegal immigrants a path to citizenship and hundreds of thousands of foreigners a new guest-worker permit.But President Bush's efforts to win House conservatives to his immigration proposals still faced an uphill climb. A day after a prime-time televised address to the nation, Bush continued to make his case yesterday that immigration legislation must be comprehensive -- tightening control of the borders, offering a new temporary guest-worker visa to foreign workers, and offering most illegal immigrants a path to lawful employment and citizenship.
They can do it or the next House will. Posted by Orrin Judd at May 17, 2006 7:29 AM
Bingo! (as you often say, OJ)
What do the NRO types, and the rest of the nativists think will happen if they boycott November, 2006 and the Dems take over the House? The current Seante bill (or somthing even more "liberal") will pass and the President will sign it. The only chance is to compromise now but they would rather be pure. Pity.
Posted by: Bob at May 17, 2006 1:05 PM