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Although California's G.O.P. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger called those declarations "a terrific idea," such bipartisan--or even intraparty--consensus is eluding leaders in Congress as they head for a fierce debate over the issue this fall. As border-state Democrats start to shift to the right, bucking many members of their own party, the G.O.P. is split between those who want tougher security first and those who seek comprehensive reform. That split is spelled out in two competing Senate proposals: one sponsored by Texas' John Cornyn and fellow Republican Jon Kyl of Arizona would require illegals to leave the country...
...public displeasure at events in Iraq and his inability to win support for his Social Security plan suggest that Bush doesn't have the leverage he once did: he could not afford a nominee so toxic to Democrats that the move would unravel the truce struck by a bipartisan group of 14 Senators and possibly trigger a filibuster...
...first and foremost, it derails Washington's protectionists and the serious threat they pose to geopolitical stability. Admittedly, a 2.1% revaluation of the renminbi stops well short of the 27.5% adjustment proposed by several U.S. Senators. Their bill, which would impose damaging tariffs on Chinese imports, had garnered surprising bipartisan traction in Congress and could well have been passed by the upper chamber later this year. The China bashers certainly did not get anything close to what they were seeking, but the wind is now out of their sails. U.S. Treasury Secretary John Snow's statement that he welcomes...
...bipartisan group of 156 members of the D.C. Bar also sent a letter in 2003 encouraging the Judiciary Committee to approve Roberts...
...bipartisan group of 156 members of the D.C. Bar also sent a letter encouraging the Judiciary Committee to approve Roberts...