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...campaign as a different kind of Republican, a Texas Governor who believed that "family values don't stop at the Rio Grande." Once he got to the White House, he infuriated some social conservatives by proposing--and appearing to be serious about--an immigration plan that included a guest-worker program. It was an idea he shelved after 9/11, then put forward again as the first policy initiative of his 2004 re-election campaign. But in a private White House meeting with congressional leaders last year, Bush confessed that he had misjudged the politics of the issue and agreed...
...voted yes on the Sensenbrenner bill, said two days after the Senate committee's action. "We're not going to discount anything right now. Our first priority is to protect the border. And we also know there is a need in some sections of the economy for a guest-worker program." House majority leader John Boehner has begun talking dismissively about the feasibility of the 700-mile fence that the House voted to build along the border...
Except that often they don't, which is why the House rejected President Bush's proposed guest-worker plan when it passed its immigration bill in December. But House leadership strategists say privately they believe this time, with a strong lobbying effort by business and some additional pressure by Bush, they may find the votes they need to support a guest-worker program in a conference bill. The Senate Judiciary bill would allow at least 87,000 guest workers a year to apply for permanent residency, a step toward citizenship--which may be more than House Republicans can swallow...
...advanced accounting, but the results do filter down to the bottom line. Now a risk associate at GE in Stamford, Conn., Kona says the techniques have made him a better team player. "Before, I might not have gone out of my way to help a co-worker," he says. "Now I take the stance that the success of a project is what's important. Whether or not I get credit doesn't bother me as much." Doncel says the course even improved her relationship with her partner. "It's much less about the little things and more about what...
...hostile constituents but also pressure from the agriculture industry to legalize a huge portion of its workforce. Three days before the Senate Judiciary Committee voted on a modified version of the Kennedy-McCain bill, Kennedy's and Feinstein's staffs worked out a path to citizenship for illegal agricultural workers, a deal that would pave the way for unlawful immigrants working other jobs. Where Bush will come down is unknown. The President has supported a guest-worker plan but has not fully embraced the idea of making illegal immigrants citizens. "We're not exactly there together, but we've spoken...