REID: IMMIGRATION REFORM WON'T BE DIFFICULT UNDER OBAMA. Kudos to the American Prospect in covering this issue. There aren't any comments yet but we should do more to get "liberals/progressives" to support an immigration overhaul! Thank them for the mention and add your two cents!
REID: IMMIGRATION REFORM WON'T BE DIFFICULT UNDER OBAMA.<http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/tapped_archive?month=11&year=2008&base_name=reid_immigration_reform_wont_b> via TAPPED <http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/tapped> on 11/24/08 Some interesting stuff in a Gannett interview <http://www.freep.com/article/20081123/NEWS07/811230493/1009>with *Harry Reid*. The Senate majority leader says immigration reform should be relatively easy to pass, and that's he's more concerned about health care. Q: With more Democrats in the Senate and the House and a Democrat in the White House, how do you see congressional efforts playing out on such issues as health care and immigration? A: On immigration, there's been an agreement between (President-elect * Barack*) *Obama *and (Arizona Republican Sen. *John*) *McCain *to move forward on that. ... We'll do that. We have to get this economy stuff figured out first, so I think we'll have a shot at doing something on health care in the next Congress for sure. Q: Will there be as much of a fight on immigration as last time? A: We've got McCain and we've got a few others. I don't expect much of a fight at all. Now health care is going to be difficult. That's a very complicated issue. We debated at great length immigration. People understand the issues very well. We have not debated health care, so that's going to take a lot more time to do It's worth remembering, of course, that President *Bush *also supported immigration reform, but didn't have the political capital to get conservative Republicans in line on the issue. Reid seems to be betting that under *Obama*, conservatives will hold their fire on immigration in favor of fighting to the death on health care. --*Dana Goldstein* -- Jorge Mujica --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Internet group address: http://groups.google.com/group/ChicagoMayDay To send e-mail: [email protected] To unsuscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
