[TomGuy]

The Grand Bargain is actually The Grand Hoodwinking

and they are still trying to push it through.

Lindsay Graham wants $4.4 billion -- loan -- to fix the problems.

Senate Republicans Work $4.4 Billion Border Security Amendment

Trent Lott says basically that promising security and many of the other add-on amendments are gimmicks and will be removed when the joint chambers meet to finalize the bill.

Bush lobbies Senate on immigration (Lott's Outrageous Comment)

[penowa]

If they’ve decided to include the funding in the Bill as an amendment instead of as emergency funding in a separate Bill, then they already have the votes to pass the thing and we are wasting our time. It’s a done deal.