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  • Leaders to give immigration bill critics coveted votes in hunt for broader support (The slime job)

    06/20/2007 9:02:11 AM PDT · by IrishMike · 53 replies · 1,330+ views
    Union Tribune /AP ^ | June 19, 2007 | Julie Hirschfeld Davis
    Sixteen of the two dozen amendments the Senate will consider attaching to a revived immigration bill come from senators who helped derail the legislation earlier this month. A list of the proposed changes obtained by The Associated Press illustrates how key Republicans and Democrats plotting to revive the measure before the Fourth of July recess are trying to placate critics by holding votes to address their top concerns. The proposals range from bids to make it more difficult for illegal immigrants to gain legal status to attempts to give family members of U.S. citizens more opportunities to immigrate. The bipartisan...