IMMIGRATION REFORM BILL STALLED IN SENATE

Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-TN, (R) speaks with Sen. Mel Martinez, R-FL, during a news conference to discuss the failing immigration and border security bill on Capitol Hill in Washington on April 7, 2006. Democrats and Republicans blame each other for allowing parliamentary rules to kill the bill that just yesterday appeared headed for passage after a bi-partisan compromise. (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg)

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