A tad bit of hope in the article. I really do hope that they ARE dilligently working on it behind closed doors, and that they reach a consensus between republicans and democrats in the Senate before introducing the bill. If they do the whole debate beforehand, they can just introduce the bill and jump to voting immediatelly. When the bill passes the Senate, I don't think it should have much problem passing the House. With all of Pelosi's talk that she wants to see the Senate take action so the House can follow, I'll personally stab her if the House puts up any kind of fight with this bill.

Now, I just worry about a few things... first of all, are we mobilizing and making our voices heard enough to demand this reform be passed asap? We can't let the same thing from 2007 happen again. When it was so close, it was shot down. I just worry that we have to do more, do all we can, and a little more after that. Bless those three walking the Trail of Dreams, I have a feeling they will have a huge part in this. The WA protest, if enough people show up, could press Congress a good amount. What else? What else?

I also worry about the House's version of CIR. Are they just gonna drop it like it was nothing and accept the Senate's version? Or are they gonna put up a fight to change something? What makes us so sure everyone will agree on one thing? I'll throw a fit if they do that, I swear.

Also, we know that the House's CIR is pretty much the complete package for us. But what if the Senate's isn't? What if there's something major missing? I don't think they'd leave DA out, but what if they wanna change major stuff, like the age the person came to the US or how old you have to be to apply for the benefits? I think this is the least likely to happen, but it's still something to think about.

EDIT: I worry about these things because our time is literally running out. They have to do things in the shadows for now, so that when it comes out it'll pass as quickly as possible. If it begins to stall too much, or if it needs any kind of debate or whatever, we run a serious risk of it just being dropped, because everyone in Congress will begin to think too much about the stupid elections.