Posted on 04/26/2006 5:20:12 PM PDT by West Coast Conservative
President Bush generally favors plans to give millions of illegal immigrants a chance at U.S. citizenship without leaving the country, but does not want to be more publicly supportive because of opposition among conservative House Republicans, according to senators who attended a recent White House meeting.
Several officials familiar with the meeting also said Democrats protested radio commercials that blamed them for Republican-written legislation that passed the House and would make illegal immigrants vulnerable to felony charges.
Bush said he was unfamiliar with the ads, which were financed by the Republican National Committee, according to officials familiar with the discussions.
At another point, Democratic leader Harry Reid of Nevada and other members of his party pressed the president about their concern that any Senate-passed bill would be made unpalatable in final talks with the House.
Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, the second-ranking Democrat, said the lawmaker who would lead House negotiators, House Judiciary Committee Chairman James Sensenbrenner, had been "intractable" in negotiations on other high-profile bills in the past. Bush did not directly respond to the remark, officials said.
The Republican and Democratic officials who described the conversation did so Wednesday on condition of anonymity, saying they had not been authorized to disclose details.
Bush convened the session to give momentum to the drive for election-year immigration legislation, a contentious issue that has triggered large street demonstrations and produced divisions in both political parties. Senators of both parties emerged from the session praising the president's involvement and said the timetable was achievable.
"Yes, he thinks people should be given a path to citizenship," said Sen. Mel Martinez., R-Fla., a leading supporter of immigration legislation in the Senate.
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Exactly.
But let's not ruining their "groove," okay? :-)
You really should read the owners statements; it is about Conservatism, electing Republics (not third party hacks) and defeating the Democrats.
I've got a great memory. I remember who betrays me. I remember who they are affiliated with.
I George Bush do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States.
I can not help but hear these words of Richard De Hann ringing loudly in my ears.....
Shortly before his death, the Duke of Burgundy was presiding over the Cabinet Council of France. A proposal was made by the ministers that would violate a treaty but would secure important advantages for the country. Many reasons were offered to justify the deed. The Duke listened in silence, and when all had spoken he closed the conference without giving approval. Placing his hand on a copy of the original agreement, he said with firmness in his voice, "Gentlemen, we have a treaty!"
It’s important that Christians act and speak so that the Savior is glorified. When you give your word, keep it. If you make a commitment, honor it. If you take on an obligation, fulfill it. As Jesus said in Matthew 5:37, "Let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes.’"
Our honesty and reliability should be so evident that we can be trusted for any contract we make. What better testimony could be said of a believer than this: "He gave his word; that’s good enough for me." And if non-Christians can trust us in business matters, they are more likely to believe us when we speak about the gospel.
If you are tempted to go back on a promise, think again of the words of the Duke of Burgundy: "Gentlemen, we have a treaty!"
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#123 should answer your question. I'm amazed that all the time you've been here and not read anything JR has posted.
No such conversation can be private. Citizenship is fine, but there are rules, including a test of knowledge of the Constitution.
"You look like an idiot posting crap like that. "
I would rather look like an idiot, than be an idiot like yourself.
"He hasn't OPENED any borders. "
Neither has he closed them, even after 9-11. If the gates of Rome were open, and a barbarian horde could be seen just down the road, and you did nothing to close the gates but propose the barbarians all be allowed to gain citizenship (11 million now, another 11 million in short order) I would call that TREASON.
Lies really help y"our cause."
Look, when people like you have to obfuscate terms like amnesty with guest worker, and undocumented worker with illegal alien, we all know who the liars are.
Doesn't surprise me. I'd like to see the pictures that Vincente Fox has of Dubya that he's using for blackmail.
This inside the Beltway mindset is disgusting..."I'm not authorized to tell you, but I'll tell you anyway."
I really hope our next President comes from outside the Washington, DC cesspool.
Interesting. Some of you sound like you want to purposely taunt conservatives into abandoning the Republican Party.
President Bush (II) did.
Ronald Regan gave no questions asked, immediate, BLANKET AMNESTY to ALL illegal amnesty. That is NOT what President Bush is for. So, I guess that Reagan "disavowed the sovereignty of this country" and "opened the gates ( there are gates to some invisible wall, that surrounds the USA, are there? ) to the barbarians"; in your opinion. Was Reagan also a traitor and a LIBERAL?
"It's called the legal immigration pathway and so says the law of our land"... the problem we seem to have here is that our elected ones truly beleive they have the right to selectively decide to whom the law shall apply. It would seem somehow an excellent question for the Supreme Court. For if it is ruled so, by the Court, then all men equal under law is dead, and we return to aristocracy, where favorable treatment is metered out to politically correct members of the King's Court.
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