Immigration tops talks as new governors meet at retreat in W.Va.

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11/18/2006, 6:31 p.m. ET
By TOM BREEN
The Associated Press

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. (AP)...

At a news conference, the governors said immigration was a top issue. Some criticized Congress for failure to pass a comprehensive immigration plan this year. They are looking for action when the Democrat-controlled Congress takes over in 2007...

The retreat follows an election in which Democrats took a majority of governorships for the first time since 1994. Crist, Gibbons and Otter were the only Republicans among the 10 new governors at the retreat.

The governors said the message they have gotten from the public was a desire for bipartisanship, particularly at the national level...

The governors said they would also focus on education, health care and emergency preparedness...


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