Bush, Senators to Meet on Immigration:President trip to Hill

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President Making Rare Trip to Hill to Urge That Stalled Bill Be Revived
For the first time in five years, President Bush will attend the Senate Republicans' weekly policy lunch today as he pushes to revive his moribund overhaul of the nation's immigration laws.

But even before he set foot in the Capitol, several Republican senators issued a terse warning yesterday: Don't expect much.

In the days after the sweeping compromise on immigration collapsed on Thursday, opposition, if anything, appears to have hardened among some senators who had once been willing to consider the deal. The bill's vociferous critics have also had a long weekend to throw dirt on its grave.

Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) yesterday continued to urge Bush to deepen his involvement in the fight for the legislation. Reid sent a letter to the White House saying that "it will take stronger leadership by you to ensure that opponents of the bill do not block the path to final passage."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/11/AR2007061101995.html?hpid=topnews

[thethinker]

1. I don't understand where Reid is coming from

If Bush wants this so bad, why give it to him? The public is not for it. So where is Reid coming from?

[AzDar]

2. Reid is a failure, and his sudden willingness to cooperate with the Lunatic-In-Chief

is going to cost us (Dems) dearly in the next election.
Really, really stupid.

[w4rma]

3. This bill is very very very bad. (nt)