European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 9, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                June 2007 stars and stripes Page 11 in the states Senate divisions derail Bush immigration Bill by Charles Babington the associated press Washington the Senate divisions that de railed a White House backed immigration at least Mirror american society deep differences Over tiie according to polling lawmakers and those gaps will Challenge any Effort to get the measure Back on a bipartisan group of senators tried for weeks to Bridge the but fell glaringly Short thursday needing 60 votes to end debate and schedule a final vote on the Bill they won Only Senate leaders set aside the legislation until further House said they will not tackle immigration legislation until a Senate Bill is com Senate majority Leader Harry said he hoped to pass the measure but he de voted much of his pos vote comments thursday night to accusing president Bush of doing top Little to obtain Republican this the presidents Reid told a hushed where Are the presidents people helping us with these votes Lindsey defended the and the White House has worked like a he told Commerce Secre tary Carlos Gutierrez and Homeland Security Secre tary Michael Chertoff lobbied senators inside the Capitol right up until thursdays showdown the White House argued the setback was not fatal for Bush top priority and urged Reid to allow the Bill to continue to be debated and eventually receive a whether Bush can revive the Legisla Tion May depend largely on whether he can soften some of the differences Between key components of his party including the corporate Community and social they clashed on matters such As the immigration Bills proposal for a new temporary worker businesses that crave immigrant workers were furious when senators in May set the limit for incoming temporary workers at a year instead of the original plan for they were even More dismayed when the Senate narrowly voted to end the program altogether after five in a recent poll by the nonpartisan Pew research 55 percent of the respondents said penalizing employers who hire illegals is the Best Way to re Duce illegal one in four said More Border agents is the Best an and 7 percent favored More Border when the word amnesty was not 62 percent of republicans said they favored letting Ille Gal immigrants now in the country obtain citizen ship if they have pass background checks and pay Bush feds suspend some passport rules for summer travellers the associated press Washington the Bush administration on Friday sus Pended some of its requirements for flying hoping to Pla Cate Congress and irate summer travellers whose vacations have been thwarted by delays in processing their the proposal would temporarily lift a requirement that pass ports be used for citizens flying to and from the Caribbean and the and its does not affect americans driving across the Ca Nadian or mexican Borders or Tak ing sea although those travellers Are expected to need passports beginning next the suspension should allow the state department to catch up with a massive surge in applications that has overwhelmed pass port processing centers since the Rule took effect this the resulting backlog has caused up to three month until the end of travellers will be allowed to Fly without a passport if they present a state department show ing they had applied for a pass and government issued Iden such As a Drivers i those who have not applied for a passport will not be Al Lowed to those with receipts but no pass ports would receive additional Security which could in clude questioning or bag this is further evidence that the department of Homeland Security and the state department Are simply not ready to make this program work As Well As it said Charles congressman pleads not guilty to bribery charges William Jefferson pleaded not guilty Fri Day to charges of soliciting More than in bribes while using his office to broker business deals in said he understood the charges during the Federal court he was released 6n i am absolutely innocent of the charges that have been levelled against Jefferson said in going to fight my heart out to Clear my from the associated press Touro University International education boundaries the most powerful weapon in your Arsenal one mouse lick and you Are on your Way to a degree in business administration for free at no tuition Cost to you earn a degree and set your sights on a High paying career in almost any professional Field you want hundreds of thousands of Active Fluty military personnel have gone through our online education programs so can Contact today Tot rest of your now accepting applications for summer 2007 e in b a 0 t o i r o u e d i phone 800 579 3161