Immigration bill unlikely to pass this year

[Eugene]

June 20, 2006, 5:28PM
Immigration bill unlikely to pass this year

By DAVID ESPO
AP Special Correspondent

WASHINGTON — In a defeat for President Bush, Republican congressional leaders said
today that broad immigration legislation is all but doomed for the year, a victim
of election-year concerns in the House and conservatives' implacable opposition
to citizenship for millions of illegal immigrants.

"Our number one priority is to secure the border, and right now I haven't heard a lot
of pressure to have a path to citizenship," said Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill.,
announcing plans for an unusual series of hearings to begin in August on Senate-passed
immigration legislation.

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In deference to the president, neither Hastert nor any other Republican official
in either house said publicly that the president's ambitious plan — including a guest
worker program as well as an opportunity for citizenship for many illegal immigrants —
was dead for the year.

But several Republicans in both houses, speaking on condition of anonymity, were less
guarded.

"There will be no path to citizenship," said one lawmaker who attended a strategy
session in Hastert's office.

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Full article: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nation/3987441.html

Also: US House plans community hearings on immigration - Reuters

[FreakinDJ]

1. Just like I said

[BrklynLiberal]

2. If the bill passed, the Repukes would have nothing to shout about while

campaigning!!!!!
They have to have something to scream about. Much the same principle why they do not REALLY want to overturn Roe v. Wade just yet. They still need fuel for their fires.

[UTUSN]

3. Yaas, they need to keep the issue to stir the pot with n/t