Far reaching immigration legislation the White House and Democratic supporters seek closer committee voted Tuesday to postpone the final showdown gay rights spouse until the full Senate debate.
"There have been 300 amendments, why we should not have one?" Replied the Senate Judiciary Committee, Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy. He was responding to concerns inside the panel on this issue a ticket can unlock the months of work on the bill, give citizens an opportunity to millions of illegal immigrants in the United States.
The measures are also low-skilled foreign workers, and create a new program that will allow high-skilled workers than the current level is much higher than in the case enter the country. At the same time, it requires the government to take new steps to prevent future illegal immigration.
As the day wore, the final bid against the bill stripping measure of its iconic features - the path to citizenship, you may need 13 years and pay a fine of $ 2,000 for travel. Senator Ted Cruz "proposal failed on a vote 13-5.
The White House refused to support the measure bipartisan coalition behind the command of its proceedings demonstrated one of many ways.
If you do not so much a roll call vote, the panel set up high-tech H-1B visa, the deal brought the R-Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch, expanding the ranks of supporters to take a compromise.
Under the agreement, recognize national number of high-skilled workers will rise from 65,000 to 110,000 per year, is likely to further increase to 180,000 depending on the level of unemployment part.
Skilled workforce of at least 15% of the foreign workers account will be subject to more stringent conditions than the company less dependent on H-IB visa holders enterprises.
Hatch, the state is becoming increasingly high-tech industries, and Schumer, DN.Y. negotiating a compromise which is designed to balance the interests of the industry, which is increasingly dependent on foreign technology workers, and organized labor, which represents American workers.
AFL-CIO President Rich Trumka struck the deal fell sharply, said Hatch amendment "for American workers is clear attack", and change the bill so high-tech companies to bring foreign workers "are not available to the first American workers work.
Meanwhile, he reiterated that the overall measures organized labor continued support, allows you to add to the majority of the Bills Committee Schumer organized labor is not driving the opponent's camp said in a statement.
Senior vice president of government affairs, Robert Hoffman, in the Information Technology Industry Council, welcomed the deal. "We believe that the bill has been changed so that H-1B visas are basically viable worker protection achieved a good balance between," he said.
"Obviously, we want to continue to move forward on the bill, and build support for the legislation, this agreement allows us to do so."
In the White House, U.S. President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden in the Oval Office of the White House met privately with some management activities, build support for the bill's supporters, with a small group.
茹斯蒂诺莫拉, 23 people attended, and later said that he had set, he came to America at age 11, brought by his mother from Mexico to escape poverty and abusive father. Now at UCLA student, he has achieved legal status, management policy, which allows individuals to bring children to the United States to legalize the results.
His mother is still illegal in the county, he said, adding that he did not know if she will be deported or detained from one day to the fear and uncertainty to tell Obama and Biden. "They were very impressed that regard, they are both parents," Mora said in an interview with reporters.
From the outset, the right to argue that homosexuality spouse, fractures behind a bipartisan legislative capacity, has been hovering in the background of the debate.
Eight, four Republicans and Democrats who negotiated the basic provisions of the legislative drafting of the "Gang of Four", no green card gay spouses the same rights as heterosexual spouses.
Leahy made a proposal to reverse, a gay rights organization provisions seek and usually Democratic White House and the Committee of the Whole will return. However, in this case, the approval will almost certainly lead to the Republicans to abandon the bill on the Senate floor, it will face a quick demise.
, R-Arizona Senator John McCain said: "This will kill the bill," Who is the "gang of four" members of the Group of Eight, but does not have a seat on the Judicial Committee. "You will lose evangelical, you will lose the Catholic Church, the question of the way through the court Wending .... So the amendment was included in this carefully crafted compromise is destructive."
Two people familiar with the deliberations said the White House has Leahy proposal, which would be the best argument aside until the bill before the full Senate, a similar request from Democratic senators and congressional officials said. All said that they were not authorized to discuss the matter records and insisted anonymity.
Leahy comments to reporters was his last word problems, almost for the first time, he has proved his independence and other bills are unlikely. Most recently, he passed an amendment ,17-1 Monday to make a third drunk driving conviction of new immigrants in some cases, the crimes of deportation only opponent.
Nevertheless, the vote on the proposal to create Democratic committee support gay rights, but also the "Gang of Four" Group of Eight members, including Illinois Senator Schumer and Dick Durbin's political difficulties. Durbin told outside groups, he would support a change, if it is available. Schumer said he would vote the way.
Eight authors committed to maintaining the basic outline of the legislative bill. Add the gay rights provisions may result in a vote the party line vote in the committee for approval.
 
 



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