| lilbawler2001 |
12-04-2012 11:38 AM |
Immigration Overhaul Emissaries Wait in House
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Meanwhile, a bipartisan working group in the House has quietly started discussions on an immigration overhaul that both parties can support. A similar bipartisan group is holding discussions in the Senate; it includes Republicans Sens. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Mike Lee of Utah and incoming Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona.
The membership roster of the House group, however, is being guarded closely by lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, underscoring the political sensitivity — particularly among Republicans — surrounding an immigration overhaul in that chamber.
“I can’t discuss that,” Rep. Zoe Lofgren of California, the ranking Democrat on the immigration subcommittee, said when asked about the working group Nov. 30. “It’s not a secret that there have been confidential discussions, [but] if I discuss it, they will no longer be confidential.”
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http://www.rollcall.com/news/immigra...html?pos=hbtxt |
