INTELLIGENCER; Frist Holds the Key

Irish Voice, March, 2006

Irish Voice 03-14-2006 WHAT are the true prospects for immigration reform in Congress this year? That may well depend on Senate majority leader Bill Frist of Tennessee, who has made no secret of his presidential ambitions. Two likely Republican rivals of Frist in the Republican primaries are Senator John McCain of Arizona and Senator Sam Brownback of Kansas.

Both men are far more liberal on immigration reform than Frist. Thus, any version of Kennedy/McCain - which will bear the stamp of both those men - that comes out of the Judiciary Committee will first land on Frist's desk to see if he wants to bring it to the floor of the Senate for a vote. Frist retains the power of life and death over the bill, he will be easily able to sideline it if it barely...

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