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...Lieberman is using his clout mostly in ways that discomfit his fellow Democrats, while his relationship with Republicans has involved more collaboration than coercion. When Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Bush's State of the Union proposal for a bipartisan terrorism panel was redundant, Lieberman, who supported the idea, privately sent Reid a letter saying he was "upset." Within days, Reid backed down and negotiated the panel's makeup with the White House. And last month, after Lieberman told Reid he had stopped attending the weekly Democratic lunch because he didn't feel comfortable discussing Iraq there, Reid offered...
Raising the quota has broad bipartisan support. Last spring, Senator John Cornyn introduced the SKIL bill, which sought to increase the annual quota from 65,000 to 115,000 while making the system more sensitive to market demand. Unfortunately, the bill was coupled with the wider Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act, and has been stalled in Congress since last summer. To avoid further delay, Congress should immediately separate the SKIL bill from the broader bill for speedier passage. To do so would benefit foreign skilled workers and American interests alike...
...reauthorization of the Higher Education Act is one of my highest priorities for the new session of Congress,” Kennedy wrote in his letter to the schools. “I plan to do all I can to enact worthwhile and bipartisan legislation in the coming months...
...chairman of the Senate Education Committee, issued a statement saying the reframing of the Pell Grant debate “shows how a Democratic Congress is changing the nation’s priorities.” “It strikes me that there is evidence that there is bipartisan support for an increase in the Pell Grant,” Donahue said in an interview. “It’s a good sign and I will certainly watch the continuing discussions carefully.” —Material from The Associated Press was used in this...
...inclined than her peers to acknowledge the Administration's missteps, particularly in Iraq, she has yet to show she has the ability or will to correct them. Her accomplishments as Secretary of State have been modest, and even those have begun to fade. She pushed Bush to appoint the bipartisan Iraq Study Group, only to see him ignore the commission's call to pull back from the fight in Iraq; instead Bush plans to send more Americans there. She persuaded Bush to back European-led negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program and even offer to talk directly to Tehran...