Hearings are ongoing and the Conference between House and Senate, if any, can't start until after the hearings. However, there was another procedural problem that kept the Senate from sending their bill to the House. Frist and Reid struck a deal to let the Bill progress, but it would have required all the Senators to agree at least not to fight it.
Senators Sessions and DeMint refuse to agree.
Sessions says he isn't sure that the "rewriting of the Bill" would be best done in conference. Frist and Reid's deal leaves them publicly holding up the show, and Frist and Reid are hoping public pressure will make them budge.
I hope not. I think the Senate Bill needs to be ripped into shreds and burned. If you think Senators Sessions and DeMint are doing a good job, will you let them know?
2006-07-05
16:38:52
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Made In America - I'm concerned if they get in a closed room with the Senate bill on the table what will come out will be horrible. I'd rather have nothing by November than that. I think the House should put forward LITERALLY a border security only bill, with a jump start to the employer database creation, and take out other changes to the law, for now. Then the rest can be debated over time. I don't think any other kind of Bill will pass by November, I think they are too far apart.
2006-07-05
17:02:37 ·
update #1
Thanks Julie!
2006-07-05
17:03:17 ·
update #2
Thank you hayleylov!
2006-07-05
17:11:02 ·
update #3