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Panel OKs 'amnesty' bill
By Charles Hurt, The Washington Times

The Senate Judiciary Committee last night approved a plan that would put millions of illegal aliens on a path to U.S. citizenship, would let them stay here while applying and would not punish their unlawful entry as a felony, contrary to a House-passed bill.

"A path to earned citizenship is what this bill is all about," Sen. Lindsey Graham, South Carolina Republican, said after joining all Democrats and three other Republicans on the panel to approve the plan, which many consider an "amnesty."

The sudden approval -- after weeks of negotiations that often had appeared fruitless -- likely will lead to a showdown with the House, which last year approved an immigration bill that only tightened border security.

"If the bottom line is that all people that came here illegally have got to be made citizens, then we should have the vote now," Sen. Jon Kyl, the Arizona Republican who fought the proposal, said in the seven-hour committee meeting yesterday.

"That's amnesty, and that won't work. And the House won't even go to conference with something like that," he said.

[Read on here.]

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We just lost a skirmish in a war that's not over by a long shot. What the Judiciary Committee voted for still needs to be approved by the full Senate, and even if it is there's little chance of the House agreeing to it. You just got another damned good reason to pay attention to who you vote for this fall, people, and a reminder that John McCain is not fit to run for President in '08 or any other year.

Ted Kennedy's thrilled, Michelle's pissed, and Mary Jo Kopechne could not be reached for comment.

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See also: Betrayal - Senate Judiciary Committee Votes To Give Illegal Aliens Amnesty

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