Word: kyl
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...military, the McCain bill requires they be treated in accordance with the high standards codified in the Army’s Field Manual on Intelligence Interrogation. But the administration is amending the Field Manual, including attaching a secret annex that reportedly permits highly coercive techniques. The Graham-Levin-Kyl amendment, which restricts judicial review for suspects held at Guantanamo, makes independent review of these techniques even more difficult...
...MIDDLE-GROUND OPTION Jon Kyl...
...Arizona Republican Kyl last year co-sponsored with Senator John Cornyn of Texas a bill that sought a compromise between the harsh penatlities of the Sensenbrenner plan and the more lenient Senate proposals...
...least 87,000 of those workers would be eligible to apply for green cards each year. The bill would also authorize work permits for 1.5 million farm laborers over five years. They too could apply for residency. Civil sanctions for hiring illegal immigrants are similar to those in Kyl's bill. The bill would step up investigations of employers and border enforcement...
...afternoon,however, Sen. John Cornyn, the Texas sponsor of a bill that would have split the difference between the Sensenbrenner and Kennedy bills, was in full retreat - literally leaving the building through the basement passageways into the Russell Senate office building. At the end of the day, Sen. Jon Kyl of Arizona, Cornyn's co-sponsor, was left alone proposing a series of amendments and wishing out loud that Cornyn were still there to offer some of them himself. Each went down to defeat as Kennedy sat, Buddha-like and in complete control, casting proxy votes in his deep baritone...