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Kennedy spent the next 10 months building support. In the end, two Senators proved crucial: Democrat Dianne Feinstein of California and Republican Sam Brownback of Kansas. Both faced immigrant-hostile constituents but also pressure from the agriculture industry to legalize a huge portion of its workforce. Three days before the Senate Judiciary Committee voted on a modified version of the Kennedy-McCain bill, Kennedy's and Feinstein's staffs worked out a path to citizenship for illegal agricultural workers, a deal that would pave the way for unlawful immigrants working other jobs. Where Bush will come down is unknown...
...push lasted as long as it did. Huge amounts of money are at stake, and nothing focuses lobbying efforts like the bottom line. California's agriculture industry alone is a $31 billion-a-year behemoth, a point made with more than a little intensity yesterday by California Senator Diane Feinstein as she put through an amendment opening the door for 1.5 million new agricultural workers to enter the country. Reiff of the Essential Workers Immigration Coalition claims 5% of the U.S. workforce are illegal immigrants and that industry needs 300,000 to 500,000 new workers a year in order...
...recommended they will be submitted to Dean Gross for review.” Gross wrote in an e-mail that the committee would review “policies, which were established some time ago in a different business world.” Harvard Student Agencies (HSA) President Brian Feinstein ’07 said that the College maintains minimal contact with student businesses. “Our relationship with the University in terms of specifics works on an ad hoc basis,” he said. Feinstein added that the relationship between HSA and the University is currently limited...
...tune of $6,750 in campaign contributions. Much of it went to high-profile Appropriations Democrats-such as $1,000 each to House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi; House panel members Patrick Kennedy and John Murtha, who would later lambast President Bush over the Iraq war; and Senator Diane Feinstein-along with the many more thousands he showered on GOP members. "This ethically challenged behavior should speak volumes about the need for earmark reform," says Naomi Steiner of Citizens for Responsiblity and Ethics in Washington, a watchdog group...
...solid performance on the glass in this contest should provide the Crimson with a boost heading into Saturday’s game against Albany. NOTES: John Feinstein will be at Lavietes Pavilion signing copies of his new book Next Man Up in the Lavietes Pavilion Lounge during the hour before tip-off of the Harvard-Long Island game. The event is free, and The COOP will have copies of the book for purchase...