far worse than were Congress to enact no measure at all.

The constitution vests the power of declaring war in Congress; therefore no offensive expedition of importance can be undertaken until after they shall have deliberated upon the subject and authorized such a measure.

I think the political will is there for Congress to pass a comprehensive immigration reform measure. I would've liked to see something done last week, but at the same time, if it takes a bit more time to do this right, then so be it.

This new measure dramatically reforms what was one of the fastest growing fiscal responsibilities for New York's property taxpayers and local governments and reverses that trend by capping the local share and providing counties with significant and immediate relief, ... We're confident that this will provide counties the opportunity to restrain spending growth and provide taxpayers property tax relief.

Now we can measure it very specifically with certain MRI techniques.

Fox is getting the word that it's going to be Congress that calls the shots on immigration and that Bush can't push the Congress.