Senate hands Bush major defeat on immigration
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President George W. Bush suffered a major defeat on his plan to overhaul immigration laws on Thursday when the Senate refused to close debate and advance the legislation.
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The Senate voted today to effectively block efforts to overhaul the nationâs immigration laws, meaning that the issue is most likely dead until after the 2008 elections.
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After six weeks of negotiations, parliamentary maneuvering and White House entreaties, the Senate rejected President BushÃ¢ÂÂs vision of an immigration overhaul, likely killing the legislation until after the 2008 elections.
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The U.S. Senate on Tuesday voted to revive a stalled immigration overhaul backed by President George W. Bush that would offer a path to citizenship to millions of illegal immigrants.
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The most dramatic overhaul of the nation's immigration laws in a generation was crushed yesterday in the Senate, with the forces of the political right and left overwhelming a bipartisan compromise on one of the most difficult issues facing the country.
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President Bush accused opponents of his proposed immigration measure of fear-mongering to defeat it in Congress, and took on his own conservative political base as he did so.
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US senators deal a severe blow to President Bush's immigration reform bill, probably killing its chances.
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The US Senate on Tuesday voted to revive a bitterly divisive and sweeping immigration reform bill designed to offer 12 million illegal immigrants a path to citizenship.
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The U.S. Senate on Friday  overwhelmingly agreed to authorize construction of a fence  along the U.S. border with Mexico, sending to President George  W. Bush before the November 7 elections a bill that Republicans  hope will showcase their efforts to stop illegal immigration.
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U.S. Senate leaders battled to hold together a fragile immigration compromise on Thursday as President George W. Bush, in an impassioned plea for the bill, insisted 12 million people could not be sent home.
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In a defeat for President George W. Bush, rebellious Republicans in the House of Representatives derailed legislation Saturday to overhaul US intelligence agencies along lines recommended by the Sept.
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A bill authorizing construction of a   fence along the U.S. border with Mexico advanced in the U.S.   Senate on Thursday as Republican backers pushed to get an   immigration measure to President George W. Bush desk before the   November 7 elections.
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The Senate yesterday turned back a series of amendments from both parties aimed at substantially altering controversial immigration legislation, but the bill shed supporters as it became mired in procedural problems that left backers concerned about its prospects.
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President Bush will resubmit to the Senate a group of judicial nominees blocked by Democrats as too conservative, the White House said on Thursday as it signaled the start
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When the immigration bill collapsed last month on the Senate floor, it was a victory for Numbers USA, a group that lobbies Congress to reduce immigration.
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WASHINGTON - The Senate shipped President Bush a wide-ranging $136 billion corporate tax-cut bill and a disaster aid package on Monday, letting lawmakers head home for the finale of the presidential and congressional campaigns.    Florida, a vote-rich prize that both parties covet, will be chief beneficiary of the $14.5 billion disaster measure as the state rebuilds from a battering by four recent hurricanes...
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President Bush went to Capitol Hill today to persuade his own party to move forward on immigration legislation that he said enforces U.S. borders and workplaces. Republicans opposing the bill say it amounts to amnesty for people who entered the country illegally. "I believe without the bill, it's going to be harder to enforce the border," Bush said. "The status quo is unacceptable."