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...been an immediate consolidation of the coalition. When there's a narrow majority, you have to coordinate your moves carefully. With allies that include Communists, Greens and Christian Democrats, what specifically can you do to ensure that the government doesn't collapse into crisis? It's very simple: the specter of new elections. I have made it very clear to my allies that if there's a break in the coalition, I have no other alternative but to go back to the voters. No one wants to lose their job, or cede the power they've acquired. You have vowed...
...immigration reform dead? Judiciary Committee chairman Arlen Specter has vowed to turn his panel's attention to reviving the deal as soon as Senators return from their two-week Easter break and to move a bill back to the full Senate within a week. But majority leader Bill Frist has not committed to taking the bill back to the floor...
...This afternoon, he also gave his response to a call by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) on "Fox News Sunday" for "the president and the vice president to tell the American people exactly what happening." "It's not a question of whether or not we would like to talk more about it," McClellan replied. "We don't want to do anything that could jeopardize this ongoing investigation and legal proceeding. We want there to be due process. We want there to be a fair hearing. And that's why we made it policy not to comment...
...world's greatest deliberative body, his critics say. A victory for Bill Frist on an issue as nationally charged as immigration would not help the Democrats come election day. "It's not gone forward because there's a political advantage for the Democrats not to have an immigration bill," Specter said...
...Reid chose the only other way to avoid the potential trap, which was to walk away from the deal.Yet that deal is not completely dead. Specter vowed Friday that he would take the compromise up in committee first thing on his return to Washington and would send it to the Senate floor a week later...