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...family, friends and neighbors, in numbers "bigger than the Vietnam War demonstrations," McCain says. "I never could have predicted that we would have 20,000 people in Arizona or half to three-quarters of a million in Los Angeles." Something almost as remarkable started to happen inside the Capitol. One by one, Senate colleagues started coming to him privately whom McCain had written off as "rock-ribbed" opponents to the legalization that he and Democratic Senator Edward Kennedy had been working on for a year. There were maybe 10 of them, McCain says, all asking the same questions...
...last weekend's demonstrations. "The views of most of the people marching in the streets of L.A. and other cities last weekend bear little or no resemblance to the majority of public opinion in this country when it comes to illegal immigration," Winston wrote in a column for the Capitol Hill newspaper Roll Call. He cited polls suggesting the majority of Americans view immigration reform as a security issue, want to deny driver?s licenses to illegal immigrants and support a larger fence along the Mexican border. But so far, the Christian, business and Latino groups that helped organized last...
...couldn't last forever. With all the money it throws around on Congress, Big Business tends to get its own way in Washington. But for three surprising months this winter, on an issue near and dear to its heart, corporate America seemed to be getting the cold shoulder on Capitol Hill. It started last December when House Judiciary Committee chairman James Sensenbrenner, without informing the business lobby in Washington, whipped through a draconian immigration bill that targeted the so-called "jobs magnet" - agribusiness, service sector, construction and other industries that eagerly, and often illegally, employ cheap, undocumented immigrant labor...
...state's cars and trucks-a measure that triggered a furious counter-attack. Whipped up by conservative talk shows and a $5 million ad campaign funded by the auto industry, angry calls flooded the legislature by the thousands. At one point, a menacing parade of SUVs circled the State Capitol and a man threatened to stalk Pavley with a baseball bat. The highway patrol provided her a bodyguard, but Pavley was unfazed. "I didn?t lose any sleep over it. It was the right thing...
...three decades in Congress Hyde, who brought clout and many political goodies to his District, had been an unbeatable incumbent. So when he decided to end his storied career on Capitol Hill, Dems viewed it as an especially promising opening. And with a greater mix of young people and minorities, especially Hispanics, moving to the area, Dems believe the district is trending in their favor...