Ok, the US needs to fix the borders - whatever. But, folks, it's business, big and small, that's drawing (and paying - directly and/or indirectly) for the steady stream of workers. That's the story, period.
So, WaPo reports the usual back and forth between the two chambers of government. The House, of course, is dug in on stupid ideas it can't back down from now, sooooo......Hastert has thrown down the gauntlet with the "majority of the majority" trick: "One Republican senator, speaking on background to avoid inflaming colleagues, called the policy "a death-blow standard."" Folks, read KILL the BILL strategy.
BTW, wonder what BUSINESS lobbyists have been visiting Denny lately, hmmmm...
"Backers of President Bush's bid to revamp immigration laws scored another small victory in the Senate yesterday, but they are increasingly concerned about a House Republican policy that could block final agreement even if a bipartisan majority is within reach.
Speaker J. Dennis Hastert's insistence that major legislation reach the House floor only if it appears to be backed by a "majority of the majority" could throw a high hurdle in front of efforts to reach a House-Senate compromise on immigration later this year, lawmakers said. Hastert (R-Ill.) has invoked the policy in blocking bills that appeared likely to win approval from more than half of the House's 435 members but less than half of its 231 Republicans."
