{"id":882,"date":"2006-06-15T06:39:00","date_gmt":"2006-06-15T06:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2006\/06\/hastert-is-the-smartest-politi.html"},"modified":"2006-06-15T06:39:00","modified_gmt":"2006-06-15T06:39:00","slug":"hastert-is-the-smartest-politi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2006\/06\/hastert-is-the-smartest-politi.html","title":{"rendered":"Hastert is the smartest politician in DC"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hastert gets it<\/a> and he is one of the few who do:<\/p>\n

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Hopes for a quick compromise on immigration were dealt a blow Tuesday after House Speaker Dennis Hastert<\/a> said he wanted to take a “long look” at a Senate bill offering possible citizenship to millions of illegal immigrants. <\/span><\/p>\n

Hastert said hearings on the Senate bill should be held before appointing anyone to a House-Senate committee to negotiate a compromise immigration bill. Later, he said he was unsure what the House’s next move would be.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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I think that it was probably a combination of :
\n1. Wanting to remain speaker of the House
\n2. 10,000 Bricks<\/a>
\n3. Recent win in California by a Republican<\/a> who attacked Bush and Congress over immigration:<\/p>\n

Bilbray, a former four-term congressman, said his campaign took off once he began attacking Bush and Senate Republicans for immigration legislation that included a crackdown at the border – Bilbray called for building a fence on the border – along with the citizenship measure.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

(Link to first article via Drudge Report<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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