Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Resurrection Plans [Kate O'Beirne]
Standing in the way of a planned recess causes radioactive unpopularity because such recalcitrant Senators threaten to upset the vacation/travel plans of their colleagues AND THEIR WIVES (okay, spouses).
There is Senate speculation that there will be a resurrection of the immigration reform bill during the last week of June to increase pressure on dissenting Senators who would risk the wrath of colleagues by delaying the July 4th recess.
A determined Republican leadership is drawing up a list of permissible amendments, doing vote counts on the most troublesome, and crafting window-dressing "improvements" to win over enough Senators to win a cloture vote. The approved changes wouldn't affect the core problems with the bill, but could be enough to provide the cover some nervous Republican Senators are looking for.
06/13 03:13 PM
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