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...nation was finally beginning to accept the reality of climate change—Hurricane Katrina had blown open the door, and Al Gore ’69 had walked through it with his fine movie. But still there was nothing happening in Washington—the 20-year bipartisan effort to accomplish absolutely nothing about the greatest problem humans have ever faced continued unabated...
...both right and left, big business and the ultragreens are worried about what he's up to, call it a Dingell moment. He doesn't like ideologues. Extreme purity annoys him. "I write legislation from the middle," he explained. "I want to build a bill that will have broad bipartisan support that will have the public's confidence." And finally, "a bill that can be signed by the President...
Both Republicans and Democrats agree that our immigration system is broken, yet nobody seemed to be able to agree on how to fix it—at least until recently. Almost miraculously, a bipartisan compromise bill that has survived early challenges has emerged from the Senate. Though tremendously complex, at its heart the bill has several key features: a path to citizenship for most illegal immigrants currently in the country, the improvement of border security, a guest worker program, and a point system that will give skilled workers higher priority in receiving a green card. Although there has been some...
...proud to be an American citizen and manage to stay fairly well informed. My views on current global affairs may be largely apolitical and often bipartisan, but I felt surprise and shock to see that President George W. Bush was missing from your list of the 100 most influential people. All things considered, I think it was a serious mistake. Raviprakash Govindrao Dani, Lubbock, Texas...
...proud to be an American citizen and manage to stay fairly well informed. My views on current global affairs may be largely apolitical and often bipartisan, but I felt surprise and shock to see that President George W. Bush was missing from your list of the 100 most influential people. All things considered, I think it was a serious mistake...