Bush blames Democrats for stalled immigration reform

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http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N07318981.htm

WASHINGTON, April 8 (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush, trying to head off the latest in a string of setbacks, blamed Democratic "blocking tactics" on Saturday for stalling an immigration overhaul and urged an end to the impasse.

Bush used his weekly radio address to point the finger at Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid for the breakdown on Friday of a Senate compromise plan to reform immigration law and give millions of illegal immigrants a chance for citizenship.

Failure to push through the bill, which would create a temporary worker program as proposed by Bush, could derail major changes in immigration laws for this year, dealing another blow to a president beset by his lowest public approval ratings since taking office.

Gridlock over the legislation, which would be the biggest immigration overhaul in two decades, touched off recriminations.

"Unfortunately, this compromise is being blocked by the Senate Democratic leader who has refused to allow senators to move forward and vote on amendments to this bill," Bush said.


I think this immigration BS should be put on the back burner until after the election and the Dem's can actually have some say so about the decisions made about this issue. I would rather talk about Bush leaking the name of CIA operatives to the media right now. Otherwise we are just playing into this chimpanzees hand.

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1. Republican majority and control of all branches of gov.

So who deserves the blame?