radar, wouldn t you agree? well, i think a few things are happening. first of all, there s a lot of things going on at the same time. you know, it s almost hard to keep up with the scandal dejure in washington, but also, i think my senator, i think having marco rubleio in the mix is having a huge difference because he s uniquely situated to explain this and talk about the bill and the benefits of this bill as a hispanic, as a republican, and as someone who really understands and communicates, and identified with the base of the republican party. but he doesn t agree with another senator who has a voice in this, ted cruz. when you look at the two different positions of senator cruz and senator rubio, it s sort of illustrating what republicans are grappling with right now. you know, i have been somewhat surprised by the attitude and the votes of senator cruz.
i think he you know, he s changed somewhat from when he was back in 2000 working in the bush campaign. but also, he s at this point, he s in the minority in the republican faction of the senate. you re seeing that this thing is moving along. what we saw this week is we saw the four members of the senate gang of eight who were also members of the judiciary committee stick together and protect the integrity of the deal they crafted. they swatted away anything that would be a poison pill amendment on both the two democrats did it as well as the two dp republicans in the committee. there s great commitment to getting this deal through. ana, nothing more interesting and controversial than when you put politics, jobs, and immigration all in one all in one discussion, certainly, this discussion will only get clolou and more interesting over the next few weeks. thanks. thank you. some in government want to
contributor and republican strategist. you are a republican in favor of immigration reform. you got to tell me, how divided is your party on this issue right now? how do the factions stack up here? you know, christine, i think the division is highly exaggerated. i don t see the level of division that i saw in 2007 or that i have seen in the past. most republicans agree that what we have right now is de facto amnesty, that it is a broken system, and that it needs to be resolved. there s some differences on how to resolve that, but there s almost consensus on the first part. and i would tell you that the republicans that matter, the ones that draft policy, the ones that shape the agenda, are very committed to moving something and passing something. i will say you do not see the heat and sort of the public interest and also misinformation that you saw in 2007. i mean, this has been moving quickly and sort of under the
debt, republicans are still concentrated on that, as is some democrats. so there s not a lot of, hey, let s really prime this more and throw this money into a stimulus program. there s not that kind of money left. so there are some things he s doing and has proposed to increase the job rate among various grub groups, but you re not going to see something major. this is one thing where you will hear the president continue to talk about this, certainly so lang as the numbers continue. what s interesting about that, candy, is that i talked to business men and women. they are feeling more optimistic, no question about it, and these are people who hire americans. one of the things that is interesting is they re not kind of as afraid of president obama and the policies that are coming out of washington as they were in the first term. think about the first term. we had the stimulus, the huge dent, obama care, talk about union card check and cap and trade laws. those kinds of threats from wa
a surprise in washington this week. real compromise. i m christine romans. this is your money. 27 years, that s how long it s been since the united states overhauled immigration law, but this week, we got a step closer. on tuesday, members of the senate judiciary committee reached an agreement on a landmark bill. three republicans joined the democrats in a landmark measure. immigration touches every aspect of american live. it raises heated controversial issues about national security and cultural identity, but make no mistake, at its core, immigration is 100% about jobs. under this bill, the number of highly skilled foreign workers admitted to the country would rise from 65,000 a year to 110,000 and possibly more depending on the unemployment levels. that s a major win for big tech firms. tech company ceos say they can t find enough talent at home to