Immigration Supporters to Blitz Hill
Posted on: June 12th, 2007“Interest groups will blitz Capitol Hill this week in an attempt to revive a nearly dead immigration overhaul, with a mission of bringing it back for one more try on the Senate floor. President Bush also will personally make his pitch in a rare Capitol Hill trip Tuesday.
But whether they have the influence to push a bipartisan compromise past a political stalemate could determine whether Bush gets an immigration bill this year ”” or the issue fades until after he leaves office.
Hopes of passing legislation suffered a major setback June 7 when most Republicans and nearly a dozen Democrats blocked three procedural votes that would have cleared the way for a final vote on a carefully negotiated deal.”
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