POLITICO

Harry Reid punts on immigration

By MEREDITH SHINER & MANU RAJU
4/13/10 6:15 PM EDT


'We won't get to immigration reform this work period,' said Reid. AP

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) backed away from a major push on immigration reform in the coming weeks, amid concerns that the issue may be too volatile for an election year agenda already packed with ambitious legislative plans.

The announcement came in the face of earlier indications from third-ranking Democrat Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) that immigration could get done soon. Reid told thousands of activists during a rally in Las Vegas over the weekend that the Senate would act on immigration reform “now,â€