It's kind of like where we were five weeks ago.
We have a tentative agreement. We don't expect anything to be changed.
Because it treats one person differently, there's a special, strict scrutiny a private bill undergoes to ensure the integrity of the House, because it's such a powerful tool.
It is a push by bankruptcy opponents to try and delay the implementation, more so than a good-faith effort to help Katrina victims.
I don't see any of those bills moving this year,
We've seen everything but the kitchen sink being thrown at the Patriot Act. The Patriot Act remains a top priority to get enacted. To the extent people don't focus on that or move away from it or try and mix the two (issues), that's not helpful to moving the Patriot Act forward.
We have safeguards to ensure people aren't deported who shouldn't be.
If someone has better language to get at this problem, he's certainly open to it.
We're looking into the issue. No final decision has been made on whether having hearings is an appropriate action.
You send exactly the wrong message. You essentially treat as suckers everyone that follows the law, that waits patiently outside of this country to come here legally.
