Thread: Frist Says Immigration Debate Coming Next Week in Senate

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Frist Says Immigration Debate Coming Next Week in Senate
May 9, 2006

"Senate Majority Leader Frist said today he hopes to schedule debate on immigration legislation next week, aiming to finish the legislation the following week. Frist, in an exchange with Minority Leader Reid, said the two leaders would continue to negotiate the number of amendments and the makeup of the Senate conference team before the immigration legislation could return to the floor," CQ's Congress Daily reports. "Before the Easter break, Frist pulled the carefully crafted compromise because he and Reid could not reach an agreement on the two sticking points. Frist also said he would continue discussions with GOP senators who are demanding votes on numerous amendments. 'We're doing our very, very, very best to -- to focus each and every day on the amendments,' said Frist, adding he would like to whittle the list to 'substantive amendments' and not 'amendments just for political reasons.'"

FAIR has an updated side-by-side comparison of the "compromise" bill being floated along with immigration enforcement bills