Reid Threatens Filibuster on Immigration - Guardian

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SAN DIEGO (AP) - As the Senate prepares to tackle the most sweeping immigration reforms in years, a top Democrat vowed Wednesday to do everything in his power, including filibuster, to thwart Majority Leader Bill Frist's proposed overhaul.

Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said he would ``use every procedural means at my disposal'' to prevent Frist from bypassing the Judiciary Committee. Frist, R-Tenn., has made clear the Senate will take up his proposal next week if the 18-member committee fails to complete a broader bill.

``If Leader Frist brings a bill to the floor that does not have the approval of the Judiciary Committee, it will not get out of the Senate,'' Reid told reporters at the San Ysidro border crossing, a few steps from Tijuana, Mexico...

...Reid said the overhaul must include heightened border enforcement, a ``guest worker'' program and a ``path to citizenship'' for the estimated 11 million people in the United States illegally. He called legislation by Sens. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., and John McCain, R-Ariz., a ``good place to start.''

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1. link!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-5706862,00.html

[BuyingThyme]

2. That's right Harry; keep your powder dry until you're SURE

you can destroy all hopes for the Democrats.

[OrangeCountyDemocrat]

3. What's A Filibuster?

Reid. LOL!!! You guys couldn't agree on what type of condiments to put on a pastrami on rye sandwich!

Yeah, a Filibuster from the democrats. I'll believe it when I see it. Care to buy a bridge Harry, you lightweight!

[theoldman]

4. I would love to see a filibuster.

It would show that the Democrats had some backbone.

[Terran1212]

5. The Dems want to defend poor defenseless people?

That's not really their stripe since the FDR days.

What's the catch?

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