Thread: Reid, McConnell tangle over immigration timetable

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Reid, McConnell tangle over immigration timetable
By Klaus Marre
June 05, 2007
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and his Republican counterpart, Mitch McConnell (Ky.), are at odds over when the work on the bipartisan immigration bill should be completed.
Reid told reporters Tuesday that he wants to finish the bill this week, but McConnell said more time is needed.

“It’s clear to me that the overwhelming majority of our conference would insist on having additional days to make sure that all of our important amendments have been given an opportunity to be considered,â€

What does Reid expect when this bill was crafted by a small number of Senators in hiding with La Raza and the Chamber of Commerce????

Others were not given the opportunity to provide input.

And, as Jeff Sessions said today, "input from the border patrol or the American people was not requested."

http://www.c-span.org/watch/cs_cspan2_w ... V&Code=CS2

They are voting on the McConnel Amendment right now.

Reid will ask again and again for a cloture vote until he gets it.

Dixie