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Bush 'Disappointed' With Immigration Vote
President George W. Bush expressed "disappointment" in responding to Thursday's Senate vote on immigration, but assured that "legal immigration is one of the top concerns of the American people." The bill, which failed to reach cloture in a Senate vote, was defeated after much effort on the part of Bush to persuade senators to support the measure its critics deemed an "amnesty bill." Bush said in a statement released by the White House: "I thank the members of the Senate and members of my administration who worked so hard on the border security and immigration reform bill. I'm sorry the Senate was unable to reach agreement on the bill this morning.
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"Legal immigration is one of the top concerns of the American people and Congress's failure to act on it is a disappointment. The American people understand the status quo is unacceptable when it comes to our immigration laws. A lot of us worked hard to see if we couldn't find a common ground - it didn't work.
Bush said Congress must continue to take on challenges to prove its worth to Americans who take a dim view of the partisanship that exists in Washington. "The Congress needs to work on comprehensive energy policy and good health care; make sure health care is affordable without inviting the federal government to run the health care system. We've got to work together to make sure we can balance this federal budget, and not overspend or raise taxes on the American people. We've got a lot of work to do.
"When they come back from the summer - from the July recess, before the summer break begins, we'll be focusing on the appropriations process. And I look forward to working with Congress to balance our budgets and to be wise about how we spend the people's money."
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