Bush Joins Lunch on Hill in Bid to Save Immigration Bill
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In a rare visit to Capitol Hill, President Bush pressed Republican senators yesterday to resurrect the compromise overhaul of the nation's immigration laws, but many of the senators instead demanded that his administration first show a more determined commitment to border security.
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The White House and senators from both parties mapped out possible changes to the stalled immigration bill.
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Unable to agree on comprehensive   immigration legislation sought by President George W. Bush, the   U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday approved a bill   cracking down on illegal immigrants who commit crimes or are   gang members.
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President Bush faces an early test on immigration policy this week as Congress considers legislation denounced by Latino groups as anti-Hispanic and anti-immigrant.
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President Bush is beginning a last-ditch effort to get intelligence restructuring legislation passed by Congress next week, bolstered by the nation's top military officer, who said Thursday that congressional negotiators had addressed his concerns about the bill and that he is dropping his opposition to it.
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President Bush is not giving up on his plan to legalize millions of unlawful immigrants and will seek to convince skeptical GOP senators that it secures the nation's borders, administration officials said Sunday.
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President Bush called upon Congress Saturday to pass this week a wide-ranging intelligence-reform bill he believes will help &quot;to do everything necessary to confront and defeat the terrorist threat.
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RALEIGH, N.C.  - President Bush, determined to  build support for overhauling Social Security, sought on  Thursday to assure members of Congress that they would not be  hurt politically for supporting his proposal.
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GUATEMALA CITY, March 12 -- President Bush defended a recent surge of deportations that have inflamed passions here in Latin America, but vowed Monday to redouble efforts to overhaul immigration laws and called on the Senate to pass comprehensive legislation by summer.
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His party divided and his polls sagging, President Bush prodded rebellious Senate Republicans on Tuesday to help resurrect legislation that could provide eventual citizenship for millions of illegal immigrants.
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President Bush accused opponents of his proposed immigration measure of fear-mongering to defeat it.
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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."
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Republican and Democratic senators working to save President Bush's stalled immigration bill are focusing on toughening border security and workplace enforcement to attract more bipartisan support.
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President Bush peered across this hot, dusty and very busy illegal crossing point on Thursday, hoping to offer conservatives balking at a broad immigration bill firsthand evidence that he&#039;s serious about tightening the nation&#039;s 2,000-mile border with Mexico.
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Senators discussed the the overhaul of immigration laws on talk shows today after President Bush used his weekly radio address to urge members of both parties to support the bill.
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President Bush sought to stem a near- rebellion by members of his own party today by forcefully endorsing the bill.
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President Bush is putting his influence within his own party to the test Tuesday as he pleads personally with skeptical Senate Republicans to resurrect his immigration bill. Despite his confident tone Monday about the measure's fate, Bush is facing a hostile audience that has shown little appetite for following his lead on the contentious issue.