According to the AP, the leadership in the Senate has agreed to reintroduce the bill that was blocked by the Democrats before the last recess. I'm not at all impressed with that bill, but supposedly there will be amendments proposed and allowed to be debated and voted on.
Frist said a "considerable" number of amendments would be debated when the Senate begins debating the bill early next week.
It would be the most comprehensive rewrite of immigration laws since the so-called Simpson-Mazzoli bill some 20 years ago.
Reid acknowledged on the Senate floor Thursday morning that he "didn't get everything that I wanted" in the agreement, but said Frist didn't either. Reaching the agreement is "not easy with the political atmosphere," Reid said.
Reid had been taking some criticism for refusing to move forward on the bill after complaining that Republicans were trying to undermine it with amendments and insisting that Democrats be allowed to have a say in who serves on the conference committee.
We'll see I guess. Gateway pundit reports Bill Frist said that security for the border would be a priority. It should be.
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I’ll believe it after I see it. I smell a sell out. I hope I’m wrong, but what I see is GOP perfidy in the form of amnesty for illegals masquerading as a guest worker program with some sort of priority consideration for long term illegal residents, and no physical barrier along the border. In other words, the same unacceptable program the Senate tried to pass a few weeks ago.
If this is what Senator Frist calls border security, I want no part of it. I’ll listen to GWB address the nation tonight, but if he comes out with the same old song and dance, I’ll sit this one out.