Posted on 06/30/2006 1:22:46 PM PDT by AppleButter
Republican Senate leaders are considering how to revive immigration legislation and cut a deal with the more hard-line House, a sign of increasing GOP concern that inaction on the emotionally charged issue could hurt the party with voters in November.
For months, House and Senate Republicans have steadfastly defended their respective positions. The House has insisted on tougher border and deportation provisions only. The Senate, allied with President Bush, has demanded that a crackdown be coupled with an overhaul of immigration laws, including a broader guest worker program and a pathway to legal status for the estimated 12 million people who live in the United States illegally.
House leaders appeared to be winning the standoff. They announced this month that they would hold field hearings on immigration throughout the summer, all but guaranteeing that a bill could not be completed until after the election.
But in recent days, senators and the White House have dropped hints that they are willing to move closer to the House's position -- perhaps by agreeing to a two-phase plan that would begin with construction of triple-layer walls, deployment of surveillance aircraft and other means of tightening the border with Mexico.
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Put down the crack pipe slowly and place both hands on top of your head.
Sounds to me like we might want to have some bricks on hand just in case....
Yep, we must keep up the pressure. The House better not "cut a deal" with the Senate, or they will all find they are looking for new jobs, if not this election then the next. If they do bring in amnesty it will really hit the fan in 2008 because all the problems will be very apparent by then!
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""Republican Senate leaders are considering how to revive immigration legislation and cut a deal with the more hard-line House, a sign of increasing GOP concern that inaction on the emotionally charged issue could hurt the party with voters in November.""
B.S. They and their National Chamber of Commerce puppeteers fear a new congress where they'll get nada. It's not about the party at all.
Does Wash Post beleive this nonsense or are they just repeating the ideas fed to them by Rove and the WH? The new "crisis" that must be met is a "timeline."
Their is a world-wide, grass-roots revolt against the elite on the subject of immigration. It's not just in the US, and it's not going away. The people of the US and Europe will not descend into Third World status without a fight. If the Republicrat/Demopublican monopoly does not listen to the people and turn 180-degrees from open-borders, corporate internationalism, their will be a literal revolution in the next decade.
Excellent point!
The internationalists must be worried they've pushed us peons a little too far, a little too fast. The old, "Retreat in order to advance" tactic.
That's why we must re-double the pressure. No amnesty, no guest workers, secure the borders and enforce the law!
""Also this week, Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.) met with Bush and Vice President Cheney to discuss his proposal for a guest worker program that would roll out only after the government certifies that the border is secure. "The president listened intently," Pence told reporters. "He told me that he was intrigued with my proposal."""
Yawn. Bush is not the moderate. Once the House Repubs dissect for the public how radical the plan is ...put it this way, the plan Pence is fronting for is just as radical. And loopy.
Too bad for the Pence supporters. They thought they had 2008 presidential material. The "Pence Plan" will be used against him by opponents, piece by piece, ridiculous provision by ridiculous provision, in successive TV commercials.
Guess Senate didn't get the memo about Cannon?
"perhaps by agreeing to a two-phase plan that would begin with construction of triple-layer walls, deployment of surveillance aircraft and other means of tightening the border with Mexico."
This is a trap. It's the same "comoprehensive" plan as before, but tries to incorporate the "enforcement first" idea by suggesting enforcement will come before the new immigration.
I.e. trying to weasal a deal.
Europe (primarily Western, but also Eastern by extension through the European Union) faces islamic extremism, though it was already on the decline, and would probably continue declining even without Muslim immigrants.
Wishful thinking by Dims and their hopes of latching onto the hyphenate vote.
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That's no compromise at all. Just a year or two delay after a border stunt. Notably Specter doesn't mention workplace enforcement. He, like Bush and Kennedy, know their radical plans cannot get by on their own merits. They have to be tied with the bargaining chip of security.
Fliers Dims handed out at illegals street protests.
Amen!
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