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...summit in July, which will be chaired by Russia. "I think it will be tough to get Russia to give priority to the pandemic," he told TIME. "The solace I have is that the British are single-minded; they're very determined. They will keep it on the agenda." He's also counting on Prime Minister Stephen Harper to fulfill a Conservative promise made during their stint as opposition to donate 0.7% of Canada's GDP. "Harper may give more money than Martin did. The Conservatives may be stronger supporters of foreign aid than the Liberals...
...Sensenbrenner had gone right at the most powerful lobby in town (as well as the President's own agenda), and they were not amused. Last January Tom Donohue, president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, said of the House bill, "It is simply unworkable, unreasonable and fundamentally unfair." Asked to explain how big business could have been blindsided so badly by Sensenbrenner, Laura Foote Reiff, co-chair of the Essential Workers Immigration Coalition, a huge business lobby, said, "The House Judiciary Committee does not share and was not willing to share with...
...needs 300,000 to 500,000 new workers a year in order to cover for retiring baby boomers. But with anti-immigration activists like Sensenbrenner getting the drop on business last year, it was not easy to turn the tide. Public sentiment seemed to be largely behind the Sensenbrenner agenda, so the lobbyists focused their efforts on quietly lining up Judiciary Committee Republicans and ensuring a bill would get a vote on the floor of the Senate. Allies in the religious community and among immigrant rights groups helped organize the massive rallies over the last week that provided cover...
...that anyone can have in any democracy is to say, 'Good morning, Mr. President.'" He told other audiences that someone had to be sure the President got a haircut regularly, and that someone was him. Bolten may delegate the haircut scheduling. But the President can be confident that his agenda and the White House will continue being steered by a like-minded confidant who was present at the creation...
...strategies shaping up for the two parties? Do the Democrats need an agenda of their own, similar to the Contract with America that...