Frist to push border fence legislation
RAW STORY
Published: Tuesday September 19, 2006
http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/Frist_to_push_border_fence_legislation_0919.htmlSenate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN), believing a broader immigration bill to be endangered, will move to proceed legislation to construct a border fence between the US and Mexico, according to an article at today's Congressional Quarterly.
Writer Michael Sandler describes Frist as being "eager to give embattled Republicans a 'get tough' immigration vote prior to the Nov. 7 elections," thus his planned action to push the already-passed House bill calling for 700 miles of borderline fencing.
Whether Democrats would support the Frist tactic was unclear, according to Sandler, but Sen. Ken Salazar (D-CO) was quoted as saying, "This is more of the political gamesmanship that we've been seeing on this issue from the very beginning."
