Tuesday, December 13, 2005

Rules panel likely to reject guest-worker legislation

Rules panel likely to reject guest-worker legislation
By Roxana Tiron
Posted: 12/13/05 12:00 AM [ET]

The House Rules Committee will find itself in a politically awkward position when it is expected to reject legislation that parallels a centerpiece of President’s Bush immigration reform plan.

Immigration has deeply divided the GOP base, with some conservative Republicans charging that the president’s call to expand guest-worker programs rewards illegal aliens.