{"id":716,"date":"2007-05-17T20:38:50","date_gmt":"2007-05-18T00:38:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.com\/blog\/?p=716"},"modified":"2007-05-17T20:38:50","modified_gmt":"2007-05-18T00:38:50","slug":"isakson-pivotal-to-bill-on-immigration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/2007\/05\/17\/isakson-pivotal-to-bill-on-immigration\/","title":{"rendered":"Isakson pivotal to bill on immigration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Isakson pivotal to bill on immigration<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>By BOB KEMPER<br \/>\nThe Atlanta Journal-Constitution<\/p>\n<p>Published on: 05\/12\/07<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>WASHINGTON \u2014 The Senate next week will reopen the volatile debate over illegal immigration, and while even those closest to the negotiations don&#8217;t know what to expect, at least one lawmaker can already claim a victory: Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.).<\/p>\n<p>Republican and Democratic leaders, fearing voter backlash if they fail to resolve the issue this year, are clinging to a formula Isakson first proposed last year. It would bridge the divide between the House&#8217;s desire to focus on border security and the Senate&#8217;s broader approach, which includes creating a temporary worker program and providing a path to citizenship for millions of immigrants living illegally in the United States<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Read the rest <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ajc.com\/news\/content\/news\/stories\/2007\/05\/11\/0512natimmig.html\">from the AJC here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Isakson pivotal to bill on immigration By BOB KEMPER The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Published on: 05\/12\/07 WASHINGTON \u2014 The Senate next week will reopen the volatile debate over illegal immigration, and while even those closest to the negotiations don&#8217;t know what to expect, at least one lawmaker can already claim a victory: Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.). [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/716"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=716"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/716\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}