Snow: Bush Not Giving Up on Immigration

[Omaha Steve]

Source: Associated Press

Snow: Bush Not Giving Up on Immigration
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Jun 10, 12:35 PM (ET)

By HOPE YEN

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush is not giving up on his plan to legalize millions of unlawful immigrants and will seek to convince skeptical GOP senators that it secures the nation's borders, administration officials said Sunday.

But the Senate's No. 2 Democratic leader said he was uncertain about the prospects for a deal. Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois cited opposition from a group of Senate conservatives who contend the legislation guarantees amnesty to illegal immigrants.


In this photo provided by CBS, White House press secretary Tony Snow appears on CBS's "Face the Nation" in Washington, Sunday, June 10, 2007. (AP Photo/CBS Face the Nation, Karin Cooper)

"We need a breakthrough on the Republican side," Durbin said.

Tony Snow, White House spokesman, and Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez both predicted an immigration bill would pass once Bush meets with lawmakers this week and Congress reconsidered the measure.



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[MikeNearMcChord]

1. The GOP congressmen are more scared of the Freeper Base

they are not going to bite, I see that Lindsay Graham is getting lit up in SC over this issue.

[kurth]

2. Lame duck talking. It's dead as a doorknob

[Skittles]

3. OMG Tony Snow is Max Headroom I tell you