More like 20% unemployed.
And WHY all the AGENDA-PUSHING PRINT taking up space when I'm sure SOME OTHER MORE IMPORTANT ITEM could have taken its place, Glob?
Nope, it's NOT a "NEWSPAPER" at all.
"Despite dim prospects, advocates push for immigration bill; House, Senate expected to focus on jobs, economy" by Spencer S. Hsu, Washington Post | February 7, 2010
WASHINGTON - Washington’s drawn-out debate on health care badly damaged prospects for an immigration bill this winter. It ate up weeks of the Senate’s time, sapped progressive lawmakers’ energy, and, most recently, stoked a populist backlash that cost Democrats the seat of the late Edward M. Kennedy, a champion of liberal health care and immigration policies.
Yeah, we are all aware of how Teddy served the special interests; interesting that the MSM ignores the allegedly antiwar nature of his alleged liberalism, 'eh?
Yeah, agenda-pushing to the core is my MSM.
Also see: Overseeing the Cover-Ups: From JFK to 9/11
With time running out before lawmakers want to start focusing on the November elections, “immigration is deader than a doornail,’’ said one veteran Senate lobbyist.
So either the newspaper is deceiving you, the lobbyists is, or a deal is being hammered out in the back rooms and will be unveiled with much fanfare later.
Advocates’ frustration peaked last month when Obama devoted one sentence in his 71-minute State of the Union address to a topic he ranked as a top priority last summer, after health care and an energy bill....
“I had very low expectations, but he [the president] surprised even me with how little he said,’’ added Frank Sharry, executive director of America’s Voice. He and other advocates are pushing to legalize many of an estimated 12 million illegal immigrants, strengthen enforcement of immigration laws, and provide a mechanism to control the flow of immigrant workers.
Yeah, the country has LOST 8 MILLION JOBS but we need illegal workers, yup.
Senate majority leader Harry M. Reid of Nevada and Senator Charles E. Schumer, a New York Democrat who has taken the lead in drafting a Senate bill, rushed to reassure immigrant advocates and Latino groups that they were still working with Senator Lindsey O. Graham, to find Republican backers for a bipartisan bill, while shying away from setting a timetable.
How come the only lobby that doesn't matter is the tax-paying American citizen?
And if it is "bipartisan," you don't want it America -- especially when it involves amnesty. Not like your economy is growing jobs, either.
“It’s something we’re committed to do, and we’ll do it as soon as we can,’’ Reid said.
Yup, OVER and ABOVE the OBJECTIONS of the American people!
A White House official said Obama’s mention of the issue implicitly made it part of his agenda for the year: “What he said in the speech was that we should move the process and legislation forward this year.’’
Nevertheless, backers say they will have to thread a needle to move a bill to the Senate floor by a springtime deadline, after which they fear midterm election politics will take hold....
Opponents of increased immigration say they see little political will in Congress to help illegal immigrants at a time when unemployment is near 10 percent.
“The chances that potentially vulnerable congressmen and senators will want to vote on legalizing illegal aliens is now zero,’’ said Mark Krikorian, executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies, which seeks reduced immigration.
In a poll last month by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press, the public rated the importance of immigration near the bottom of a list of issues.
Advocates say that if the health care debate is resolved quickly, an immigration bill could pass, putting the chance of success at 10 percent to 15 percent.
Sigh. And if....
This is NOT NEWS, folks!
This is SPECULATIVE GARBAGE posing as "news."
Because the Senate tried and failed to pass similar legislation in 2006 and 2007, there are fewer details to hammer out and less guesswork over how senators may vote.
Yeah, the POLITICAL ATMOSPHERE is supposed to have shifted because of Brown's win in Massachusetts; however, you WOULDN'T THINK SO reading this, would you?
TIRED of the DOUBLE-TALKING BULLS*** coming out the "newspaper," 'murka?
Immigration could benefit politically if health care legislation collapses, they said, because both parties may want to show voters they are serious about tackling a tough, long-festering domestic problem.
Wow, what SELF-DELUSION!!!
If they think GRANTING AMNESTY to ILLEGALS is going to WIN OVER VOTERS they are a MORE OUT of TOUCH and STOO-PID than even I thought!
So the POLITICIANS will FALL on their SWORDS for their masters, huh?
That will save us the trouble.
Supporters said many Republicans remain uneasy that the party’s support from Hispanics is eroding.
So when do the PUBLIC REPRESENTATIVES and SERVANTS start caring about the TAX-PAYING CITIZEN and VOTER, huh?
Also, immigration advocates have retooled their message during the recession, saying a legalization program could lead to $1.5 trillion in economic growth over a decade, add billions in tax revenue as workers move into the open economy, and protect jobs and wages by stopping illegal hiring.
Can they smell the s*** that comes out their mouth and plops down all around them?
We are not buying, agenda-pushing a**holes.
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