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...Generation. “It doesn’t seem like there will be a comprehensive piece of legislation [on immigration] in the near future,” said Cristina Rodriguez of the NYU School of Law. “There is too much to be dealt with in Congress right now. We might see piecemeal reform, though, before comprehensive reform. Unfortunately, if we had had a more credible president in office in the last few years, we might have seen something comprehensive go through. Immigration reform, in this sense, is a casualty of the Iraq...
...receiving this impassioned plea, Ifill did not ask any direct questions about schools during Thursday's vice-presidential debate. However, when she asked about budget priorities, Joe Biden vowed the Democratic ticket would not scale back its $18 billion education-spending plan, despite the $700 billion federal economic bailout Congress was working feverishly to pass. "We won't slow up on education because that's the engine that's going to give us the economic growth and competitiveness we need," Biden said. Sarah Palin, for her part, called for state standards to be raised as well as funding. The Republican...
That, however, wasn't sufficient on its own to change enough minds. Ever mindful of what makes Congress run, the Senate, taking the lead, passed the second bill 74 to 25, with a few crucial add-ons to sweeten the pot for Republicans: extensions of popular tax benefits for business R&D and alternative energy, relief for the growing pool of people subject to the alternative minimum tax, disaster assistance for states affected by Midwestern floods and Hurricane Ike, and a provision raising the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation's ceiling of guaranteed deposits to $250,000. And the initial...
Coming after two weeks that have only further dimmed Americans' view of Congress, the successful vote was a cause more for relief than for celebration. Legislators can only hope that voters will soon forget the unprecedented financial and political crisis, in which a lame-duck Administration desperate to get an emergency package passed had barely any sway with a Congress seemingly paralyzed by fear of the impending elections. There was that White House meeting a week ago, which some thought would be a photo op with presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain to announce a bipartisan deal, but which...
...matter who is elected President, the crisis ensures that the next Administration will have to make some tough choices next year about its campaign promises about taxes and spending. It also ensures that the economy will remain the top issue for the foreseeable future as Congress investigates what led to the mess and looks into tightening regulations to prevent a similar collapse. "Whatever we do today will start a process that will hopefully get us where we need to be in the not too distant future," says Representative Jim Clyburn of South Carolina, the No. 3 House Democrat. Members...