Macaca
12-11 08:31 PM
Congress Has Been Stymied By Bush, Republicans (http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/news/news-usa-congress.html) By REUTERS, December 11, 2007
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush wants it known the U.S. Congress has been asleep at the switch since Democrats took over in January. The only problem is that he and his fellow Republicans have flipped off the switch at nearly every turn, Democrats say.
"The end of 2007 is approaching fast and the new Congress has little to show for it," Bush told reporters in the White House Rose Garden last week.
Rep. John Boehner of Ohio, the Republican leader in the House of Representatives, was even less generous. "Nothing has been accomplished all year," he said.
As they excoriate political opponents, Bush and his fellow Republicans in Congress have successfully stopped most major Democratic initiatives this year.
They have staged an unprecedented number of "filibusters" in the Senate, where Democrats do not have a big enough majority to end debate. The few times that wasn't the case, Bush used his veto pen to kill Democrats' top priorities, like ending the Iraq war, expanding health care to children from low-income families and expanding stem cell research.
"Sadly, Republicans in Washington are determined to make this a 'no-can-do' Congress," Assistant Senate Majority Leader Richard Durbin, an Illinois Democrat, said in his party's weekly radio address on Saturday.
With only a week or two remaining in the first half of 110th Congress that convened in January, there's a deflated feeling on Capitol Hill.
Democrats and Republicans complain not enough has been accomplished. The public seems to agree, with just one in five Americans approving of the job Congress is doing, even worse than the unpopular Bush's ratings.
The legislative deadlock might get even worse next year, as election campaigns for Congress and the presidency get into full swing.
Ethan Siegal of the Washington Exchange, a private group that tracks Congress, said of Republicans' opposition tactics: "The template for trying to get into power is to make sure the party in charge doesn't have many legislative successes."
But even many Republicans think accusations of a "do-nothing" Democratic Congress won't be enough for their party to win back their majority status in the November 2008 elections.
PROMISES KEPT?
Democrats quickly fulfilled many of their 2006 campaign promises, raising the minimum wage for the first time in a decade, implementing stalled recommendations of the commission that investigated the September 11 attacks and trying to stop ethics abuses that plagued Congress during years of Republican leadership.
Republicans blocked many other measures.
A top domestic priority -- reforming U.S. immigration law -- was buried by conservative Republicans in the House. On foreign affairs, Republicans killed repeated moves to bring combat in Iraq to an end, despite Americans' disenchantment with a war now in its fifth year. Anti-war feeling was a driving factor behind the Democrats' success in last year's elections.
Popular legislation to expand stem cell research to help cure diseases such as Parkinson's was vetoed by Bush, as was a bill to deliver health care to more children from low-income families.
More recently, the House passed an energy bill that would improve automobile fuel efficiency for the first time in 32 years but Senate Republicans, heeding a White House veto threat, stopped it.
And Bush has veto threats on the remaining bills to fund the government through next September.
He recently told Arkansas business leaders: "You're fixing to see what they call a fiscal showdown in Washington."
But despite the bluster, Bush and congressional Democrats are at odds over a relatively tiny slice, about $11 billion, of the nearly $3 trillion budget.
Negotiations between the two finally have begun, but a compromise -- some war funding coupled with some of the additional domestic spending Democrats want -- was showing signs of souring this week, again amid accusations of Republican sabotage. There's plenty of incentive for a deal though as neither side wants government shutdowns to begin if agencies run out of money this month.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush wants it known the U.S. Congress has been asleep at the switch since Democrats took over in January. The only problem is that he and his fellow Republicans have flipped off the switch at nearly every turn, Democrats say.
"The end of 2007 is approaching fast and the new Congress has little to show for it," Bush told reporters in the White House Rose Garden last week.
Rep. John Boehner of Ohio, the Republican leader in the House of Representatives, was even less generous. "Nothing has been accomplished all year," he said.
As they excoriate political opponents, Bush and his fellow Republicans in Congress have successfully stopped most major Democratic initiatives this year.
They have staged an unprecedented number of "filibusters" in the Senate, where Democrats do not have a big enough majority to end debate. The few times that wasn't the case, Bush used his veto pen to kill Democrats' top priorities, like ending the Iraq war, expanding health care to children from low-income families and expanding stem cell research.
"Sadly, Republicans in Washington are determined to make this a 'no-can-do' Congress," Assistant Senate Majority Leader Richard Durbin, an Illinois Democrat, said in his party's weekly radio address on Saturday.
With only a week or two remaining in the first half of 110th Congress that convened in January, there's a deflated feeling on Capitol Hill.
Democrats and Republicans complain not enough has been accomplished. The public seems to agree, with just one in five Americans approving of the job Congress is doing, even worse than the unpopular Bush's ratings.
The legislative deadlock might get even worse next year, as election campaigns for Congress and the presidency get into full swing.
Ethan Siegal of the Washington Exchange, a private group that tracks Congress, said of Republicans' opposition tactics: "The template for trying to get into power is to make sure the party in charge doesn't have many legislative successes."
But even many Republicans think accusations of a "do-nothing" Democratic Congress won't be enough for their party to win back their majority status in the November 2008 elections.
PROMISES KEPT?
Democrats quickly fulfilled many of their 2006 campaign promises, raising the minimum wage for the first time in a decade, implementing stalled recommendations of the commission that investigated the September 11 attacks and trying to stop ethics abuses that plagued Congress during years of Republican leadership.
Republicans blocked many other measures.
A top domestic priority -- reforming U.S. immigration law -- was buried by conservative Republicans in the House. On foreign affairs, Republicans killed repeated moves to bring combat in Iraq to an end, despite Americans' disenchantment with a war now in its fifth year. Anti-war feeling was a driving factor behind the Democrats' success in last year's elections.
Popular legislation to expand stem cell research to help cure diseases such as Parkinson's was vetoed by Bush, as was a bill to deliver health care to more children from low-income families.
More recently, the House passed an energy bill that would improve automobile fuel efficiency for the first time in 32 years but Senate Republicans, heeding a White House veto threat, stopped it.
And Bush has veto threats on the remaining bills to fund the government through next September.
He recently told Arkansas business leaders: "You're fixing to see what they call a fiscal showdown in Washington."
But despite the bluster, Bush and congressional Democrats are at odds over a relatively tiny slice, about $11 billion, of the nearly $3 trillion budget.
Negotiations between the two finally have begun, but a compromise -- some war funding coupled with some of the additional domestic spending Democrats want -- was showing signs of souring this week, again amid accusations of Republican sabotage. There's plenty of incentive for a deal though as neither side wants government shutdowns to begin if agencies run out of money this month.
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uma001
06-25 12:41 PM
5 more Representatives co-sponsor for CIR ASAP of 2009 bringing it to 102 sponsors.
However, unless the Senate moves on Immigration .. nothing will happen in the House.
What happened to STEM bill? When is it coming to senate?
However, unless the Senate moves on Immigration .. nothing will happen in the House.
What happened to STEM bill? When is it coming to senate?
vandu
02-29 02:13 PM
HI All,
I have 3 questions
1)what should be the time period between the Job switch from one employer to another after 6 months of filing of I-485.(AC-21)
2)Is it required to be employed until i get my actual GC ?
3) I am in the period of AC-21 (i.e 180 days completed after my I-485 filing)
If I marry to GC holder . Do i still have to maintain my independent status of I-485 or i can be given some status because of marrying to him..
-Vandu
Thanks for the help!
I have 3 questions
1)what should be the time period between the Job switch from one employer to another after 6 months of filing of I-485.(AC-21)
2)Is it required to be employed until i get my actual GC ?
3) I am in the period of AC-21 (i.e 180 days completed after my I-485 filing)
If I marry to GC holder . Do i still have to maintain my independent status of I-485 or i can be given some status because of marrying to him..
-Vandu
Thanks for the help!
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fightretro
01-22 06:25 PM
Hi
My current h-1 B visa in passport expires May 1, 2007. And I have a I-94 valid till May 1, 2007. I already got 3 yr h-1 b extension valid from May 2, 2007. I have to travel to canada in March and I am planning to get the new H-1B visa stamping when I am there instead of making another trip.
Is it possible to go for visa stamping for the extension h-1b, when the intial
H-1B visa is still valid. My understanding is if the visa is issued, all the previous visas will be cancelled. In that case, Can I re-enter US in March with a H-1B valid only from May, 2007
I would greatly appreciate responses from any one who faced the same situation.
My current h-1 B visa in passport expires May 1, 2007. And I have a I-94 valid till May 1, 2007. I already got 3 yr h-1 b extension valid from May 2, 2007. I have to travel to canada in March and I am planning to get the new H-1B visa stamping when I am there instead of making another trip.
Is it possible to go for visa stamping for the extension h-1b, when the intial
H-1B visa is still valid. My understanding is if the visa is issued, all the previous visas will be cancelled. In that case, Can I re-enter US in March with a H-1B valid only from May, 2007
I would greatly appreciate responses from any one who faced the same situation.
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forsite
07-12 09:38 AM
My priority date is not current.But today in USCIS status check I saw that I got a RFE.what does it mean?Why they are processing my case now?
Anybody on the same loop?
Anybody on the same loop?
roseball
04-17 05:24 PM
Holding an I-20 doesnt mean anything if you dont enroll for the required minimum credit hrs...You have to enroll....
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sapota
11-15 11:26 AM
on a lot of things like your priority date, country of birth, EB category. But bottomline is this : Its gonna take much longer than you think.
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ivar
02-09 10:40 PM
Immigration Trackers for USA Canada UK Australia (http://www..com)
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bhavingreat
02-18 01:49 PM
Hi,
Is it possible to file I-140 while you are outside of USA?
Thank you in advance for reply.
Bhavin
Is it possible to file I-140 while you are outside of USA?
Thank you in advance for reply.
Bhavin
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go_guy123
03-16 10:11 AM
UK to impose tax on all visa seekers
US also will slowly take this route I think.
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Features/Visa/UK-to-impose-tax-on-all-visa-seekers/articleshow/4270275.cms
US already has far more tax levied on H1B in the form of training fees
1500$ and anti-fraud fees of 500$. Just that it is named differently.
US also will slowly take this route I think.
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Features/Visa/UK-to-impose-tax-on-all-visa-seekers/articleshow/4270275.cms
US already has far more tax levied on H1B in the form of training fees
1500$ and anti-fraud fees of 500$. Just that it is named differently.
more...
lecter
October 27th, 2003, 09:12 PM
Here it is...
same sensor, same image size....
10MP ?
doesn't seem to fit....
what do the members think?
I am not anti Sigma or anti anything, but I do watch the competitors closely so that they might make a "better 1Ds" to bring the price of the canon gear down for us struggling artists....
thoughts??
same sensor, same image size....
10MP ?
doesn't seem to fit....
what do the members think?
I am not anti Sigma or anti anything, but I do watch the competitors closely so that they might make a "better 1Ds" to bring the price of the canon gear down for us struggling artists....
thoughts??
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senk1s
10-16 06:40 PM
Check in the Work/Travel options after 485 sub-forum:
http://immigrationvoice.org/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=77
here is a related thread
http://immigrationvoice.org/forum/showthread.php?t=14515
http://immigrationvoice.org/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=77
here is a related thread
http://immigrationvoice.org/forum/showthread.php?t=14515
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srikondoji
09-10 12:38 PM
^^^^bump^^^^^:d
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kaisersose
10-02 11:40 AM
FP has nothing to do with the EAD or AP.
It is a security check as part of 485 processing where you are checked for a criminal background.
It is a security check as part of 485 processing where you are checked for a criminal background.
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ksvreg
04-18 05:45 PM
Thanks for info.
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WaitingUnlimited
05-11 12:33 AM
Cut Off Dates- Consulate General of the United States Mumbai, India (http://mumbai.usconsulate.gov/cut_off_dates.html)
EB2 Current
EB3 22 June 2003
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Joey Foley
August 29th, 2005, 04:56 PM
I just posted a ton of photos
Just thought you might want to check out a few photos I took of Green Day (direct link below).
I kind of went over and posted too many (67) .
Check'em out!
I'm also taken photo in Indy of them.
http://www.musicandentertainment.org/cpg133/thumbnails.php?album=36
Anything you like in there? Let me know.
I only had one lens with me that night my canon 70-200mm 2.8L
I'm not really used to shooting shows with just that lens, but I think I got a couple of keepers (well I think):o
Just thought you might want to check out a few photos I took of Green Day (direct link below).
I kind of went over and posted too many (67) .
Check'em out!
I'm also taken photo in Indy of them.
http://www.musicandentertainment.org/cpg133/thumbnails.php?album=36
Anything you like in there? Let me know.
I only had one lens with me that night my canon 70-200mm 2.8L
I'm not really used to shooting shows with just that lens, but I think I got a couple of keepers (well I think):o
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Marphad
01-23 01:35 PM
When: Saturday, 24th Jan during Thawer Law RADIO show at 3 pm Central
Where: 700 AM if you are in dfw area or listen online @ funasia.net
Thanks for posting this.
Where: 700 AM if you are in dfw area or listen online @ funasia.net
Thanks for posting this.
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Kapils573
10-17 05:37 PM
Hello everyone,
I had filed for my I485 on 19th July at Nebraska. My 90 days are getting over on 19th Oct. Still I have not received any receipts for I-485,EAD,I-131.
My lawyer is going to call USCIS to inquire about my case.
Does any one had experience calling USCIS after 90 days were over and the USCIS tracked your application and you got your receipts.
Would be great if any one can share there experiences.
Thanks,
Kapil
I had filed for my I485 on 19th July at Nebraska. My 90 days are getting over on 19th Oct. Still I have not received any receipts for I-485,EAD,I-131.
My lawyer is going to call USCIS to inquire about my case.
Does any one had experience calling USCIS after 90 days were over and the USCIS tracked your application and you got your receipts.
Would be great if any one can share there experiences.
Thanks,
Kapil
parsu
11-10 08:17 PM
Your Employer can file extension of I-94 till Feb 2011. No need to go outside the country.
tabletpc
09-03 03:19 PM
H1b from non-cap to cap cannot be transfered. In order for you to work in private companies, you need to get new H1b by filing in on april 1 st 2009 which will ahve start date of oct 2009. Untill then you are stuck ..!!!
However you can transfer your present H1b to another non-profit h1b. I know the rules sucks..I ahve been in your place and got H1b this time. Can't wait to to get freedom on oct 1st.
However you can transfer your present H1b to another non-profit h1b. I know the rules sucks..I ahve been in your place and got H1b this time. Can't wait to to get freedom on oct 1st.
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