{"id":1905,"date":"2007-06-27T12:16:00","date_gmt":"2007-06-27T18:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2007\/06\/domenici-wont-support-immigration-reform-bill\/"},"modified":"2007-06-27T12:16:00","modified_gmt":"2007-06-27T18:16:00","slug":"domenici-wont-support-immigration-reform-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2007\/06\/domenici-wont-support-immigration-reform-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Domenici won’t support immigration reform bill"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici<\/a> has decided he won\u2019t support an immigration proposal<\/a> he helped draft because amendments he believes are critical won\u2019t be approved. <\/p>\n

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In response to a question, Domenici\u2019s office confirmed for me moments ago that he no longer supports the bill.<\/p>\n

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The GOP senator\u2019s decision came after the Senate, on a vote of 53-45, rejected earlier today an amendment proposed by Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison<\/a>, R-Texas, that would have required all adult illegal immigrants to return home within two years to qualify for permanent legal status in the United States<\/st1:country-region><\/st1:place>. The bill requires only heads of households to return to their home countries to apply for legal status.<\/p>\n

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Many oppose that because they say it provides amnesty to adults who have broken the law. The defeat of Hutchison\u2019s amendment, said Domenici spokeswoman Courtney Sanders, led New Mexico<\/st1:place><\/st1:state>\u2019s senior senator to believe that critical amendments won\u2019t be approved.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s clear that the bill is not going to be workable, and Senator Domenici won\u2019t support it,\u201d Sanders said.<\/p>\n

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Domenici was part of a bipartisan group of senators who worked with the president to reach a compromise on the bill. Even if the Senate approves the bill, its chances of getting a hearing in the more partisan House, where there is less support for compromise, are questionable.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s not clear whether other GOP senators who had supported the compromise attempt will also give up on the bill, but the loss of Domenici\u2019s support is a blow for those hoping the bill will be approved.<\/p>\n

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Domenici voted earlier this month against ending debate on the bill and scheduling a final vote. He said at the time more discussion was necessary to hammer out critical but divisive issues. The majority of senators agreed that the bill was not ready for a final vote but, after that test vote failed, Democratic leadership shelved the bill.<\/p>\n

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The proposal was revived Tuesday when a majority of senators, including Domenici, voted to move ahead with the bill.<\/p>\n

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Sanders said Domenici\u2019s decision to oppose the bill was one \u201cthat he did not come to easily.\u201d He has worked tirelessly to help reach compromise.<\/p>\n

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\u201cSenator Domenici is committed to moving a good bill forward,\u201d Sanders said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici has decided he won\u2019t support an immigration proposal he helped draft because amendments he believes are critical won\u2019t be approved. In response to a question, Domenici\u2019s office confirmed for me moments ago that he no longer supports the bill. The GOP senator\u2019s decision came after the Senate, on a vote of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1905"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1905\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}