If at first you don’t succeed, salvage, salvage again - Immigration reform proponents will seek to attach measures to must-pass legislation.

“When the comprehensive immigration overhaul bill failed in the Senate, the immediate reaction among activists who wanted to try to find a way to legalize millions of undocumented workers in the U.S. was despair. People took a break. No one wanted to talk about the issue.

But with some time and perspective, lawmakers who sponsored particular parts of the immigration bill are going to try a maneuver that is often used when a measure is not likely to pass on its own.

The tactic is to attach a bill to a so-called must-pass bill; legislation that is so important to Congress and the White House that even if it contains something they don’t like, they’ll swallow hard and vote for it. Or in the case of the president, not veto it.”

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