Posted by
cehwiedel on Monday, May 21, 2007 10:52:01 AM
The senior Senator from California emphasized her support of a single section of the so-called immigration reform bill sponsored by Senators Kennedy (D-MA) and McCain (R-AZ) that she would support in an official press release:
Washington, DC – One day after Senators announced
an historic agreement on comprehensive immigration reform, Senators
Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Larry Craig (R-ID) unveiled details of
the agricultural workers program included in the package.
The agricultural workers program mirrors legislation that Senators Feinstein and Craig introduced earlier this year.
“Immigration is one of the most difficult areas in which to legislate, because feelings run deep on both sides of the issue,” Senator Feinstein said. “It
also must be remembered that we need 60 votes to move anything in the
United States Senate. Therefore, compromise is the only way we are
going to get a bill.”
Then her press release launches into spin mode, trying to put lipstick on a pig of a bill:
This legislation is not perfect, but I believe it is a good beginning.
It is a work in progress. It is subject to change. Any bill has to be
bipartisan, and if we cannot get Republican votes, we cannot pass a
bill.
A pre-emptive strike blaming mopey Republicans if this marvelous legislation fails.
I can wish.