2006年VOA标准英语-US Lawmakers Continue Work on Immigration Refor
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By Deborah Tate
Capitol Hill
28 June 2006
Several U.S. lawmakers are working behind the scenes to try to forge a compromise between very different plans for immigration reform passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate.
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The House and Senate have passed widely differing proposals for overhauling 1 the nation's immigration system.
The Senate bill - which President Bush supports - includes a guest worker program that would give many illegal immigrants in the United States the opportunity to pursue citizenship 2 if they meet certain conditions. It also includes border security provisions.
The House bill, by contrast, emphasizes border security - and proposes building a fence along much of the U.S.-Mexican border. The House measure does not include a guest worker program.
Supporters of the Senate bill say any immigration reform bill must include a guest worker plan to address the 11 to 12 million illegal immigrants in the United States.
But those who back the House measure generally oppose a guest worker program, arguing it amounts to amnesty.
For weeks it looked as though compromise was impossible.
Mike Pence
Now a Republican Congressman 3 from Indiana, Mike Pence, is working on a proposal that includes border security measures of the House bill, but instead of offering a path to citizenship like the Senate bill, would require those in the United States illegally to apply for a work visa outside the United States. Private companies would issue work visas and conduct background checks of workers.
“If you return home and apply for the right to be in the United States of America, that does not involve amnesty because you are applying for the visa outside the United States of America,” said Mike Pence.
Congressman Pence was invited to the White House by President Bush to personally explain the idea.
“I call it a no-amnesty, guest-worker program,” he said. “The president listened intently. He told me he was intrigued 4 with my proposal. He said he found it interesting.”
Senator Johnny Isakson, a Georgia Republican, offered a similar proposal in the Senate - one that was ultimately rejected.
Johnny Isakson
Isakson - who voted against the Senate bill with its guest worker proposal -- believes his idea has been gaining support among Senators and would pass if it came to another vote.
“Once there is an acceptance that we are going to secure the border first, then a lot of things can be negotiated,” said Johnny Isakson. “But in the absence of that, I do not think you will ever have comprehensive reform.”
Even some Senators who backed the Senate bill and guest worker provision are suggesting they would be willing to agree to a plan under which goals related to border security are met before a guest worker program can begin.
Senator John McCain of Arizona, who helped draft the Senate bill, says the measure would - in practice - put border security ahead of the guest worker plan because it would take much longer to establish a program dealing 5 with guest workers.
That is essentially 6 what White House spokesman Tony Snow says. He reiterated 7 the President's support for immigration reform that includes a guest worker program, while noting Mr. Bush has deployed 8 National Guard troops at the border with Mexico and citing progress in the training of border patrol guards.
“We already have the border security piece first, it's underway,” said Tony Snow. “The President wants to make sure that you have comprehensive reform, period.”
But compromise may still prove elusive 9, as there are some Republicans who say they will never agree to a guest worker program.
Senator John Cornyn is a Texas Republican:
“Frankly, I am pretty firm in my opinion right now that the pathway to citizenship for somebody who came here illegally is not negotiable,” he said.
Still, House Majority Leader John Boehner remains 10 hopeful.
“Anything is possible,” said John Boehner. “We are going to work with our Senate counterparts to produce a strong bill.”
House Republican leaders have announced they will hold hearings on immigration reform next week in San Diego, California and Laredo, Texas. Senate Judiciary Committee chairman, Senator Arlen Specter, a Pennsylvania Republican, plans to hold his own hearings beginning July 5 in his home state.
- I had no chance of overhauling him. 我没有赶上他的可能。 来自辞典例句
- Some sites need little alterations but some need total overhauling. 有些网站需要做出细微修改，而有些网站就需要整体改版。 来自互联网
- He was born in Sweden,but he doesn't have Swedish citizenship.他在瑞典出生，但没有瑞典公民身分。
- Ten years later,she chose to take Australian citizenship.十年后，她选择了澳大利亚国籍。
- He related several anecdotes about his first years as a congressman.他讲述自己初任议员那几年的几则轶事。
- The congressman is meditating a reply to his critics.这位国会议员正在考虑给他的批评者一个答复。
- You've really intrigued me—tell me more! 你说的真有意思—再给我讲一些吧！
- He was intrigued by her story. 他被她的故事迷住了。
- This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
- His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。
- Really great men are essentially modest.真正的伟人大都很谦虚。
- She is an essentially selfish person.她本质上是个自私自利的人。
- "Well, I want to know about it,'she reiterated. “嗯，我一定要知道你的休假日期，"她重复说。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
- Some twenty-two years later President Polk reiterated and elaborated upon these principles. 大约二十二年之后，波尔克总统重申这些原则并且刻意阐释一番。
- Tanks have been deployed all along the front line. 沿整个前线已部署了坦克。
- The artillery was deployed to bear on the fort. 火炮是对着那个碉堡部署的。
- Try to catch the elusive charm of the original in translation.翻译时设法把握住原文中难以捉摸的风韵。
- Interpol have searched all the corners of the earth for the elusive hijackers.国际刑警组织已在世界各地搜查在逃的飞机劫持者。