PenceBlog: <b>ABCNews' George Stephanopoulos: Is Pence the powerbroker on immigration?</b> - U.S. Congressman Mike Pence : 6th District Of Indiana

ABCNews' George Stephanopoulos recently filed this blog entry about the Congressman's meeting with President Bush.

Here are key excerpts:

The NY Times caused quite a stir here in the Capitol this morning with a front page story headlined BUSH SIGNALING SHIFT IN STANCE ON IMMIGRATION, but the star of the piece is not the President but an up-and-coming conservative Congressman from Indiana named Mike Pence. Pence runs a caucus of die-hard House conservatives and he's drafted an immigration bill designed to bridge the gap between his colleagues and President.

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It would combine enforcement and border security provisions passed by the House with a new guest worker program if 3 conditions are met: 1.) the guest worker program would be delayed for at least 2 years; 2.) it wouldn't take effect until the President certified that the borders are secure; 3.) anyone now in the country illegally would have to leave the country before being allowed in as a guest worker.

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With that piece, Pence made his bill more prominent than ever, and the President got a headline showing that he hasn't given up hope on legislation that had been on life support.

posted by Pence Press Office # 8:52 AM