Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. We begin with Immigration Reform and the stir caused by a leaked white house proposal. Critics are blasting the plan. The Administration Says the alternative proposal is just a backup in Case Congress cant agree on a deal. As reported by usa today, the president s plan would allow Illegal Immigrants to become legal permanent residents within eight years. They would have to pass a background check, learn english and u. S. History, and pay back taxes. Susan mcginnis with more now from washington. Susan, good morning. Good morning, annemarie. It is not clear whether the white house leaked this plan on purpose or not, but either way, lawmakers here on capitol hill want that plan tabled so that a group of senators known as the gang of eight can continue their work on a bipartisan bill. The white house is responding after a draft of its version of an Immigration Reform bill was leaked to the press this weekend. The white house says its simply a backup
Invite me any where. I will stay here and i will try to rebuild the General Organization of the church. A manager. For a manager, for a manager. Benedicts successor will need to make his mark by bringing order to the religious version of corporate chaos. Allen pizzey cbs news rome. Jeff we are joined now by Washington Post reporter Jason Horowitz who has been following the politics of the vatican. Jason, allen called this a sort of corporate chaos. In your estimation what kind of shape is the vatican in right now . Well with the vatican were talking about a 2,000yearold institution. And it operates literally behind closed walls. So the power games that you see in any institution are much more fierce there because theres no turn over. People have been plotting and looking for power for a very long time. So in benedict you will someone who at the end of his papasee tried to introduce some reforms that would perhaps create some more transparency and root out some of what some called corru
Border security. This is the president torpedoing his own plan and shows me that hes really not serious. Florida senator marco rubio says if the plan is sent as it is, it will be dead on arrival. His colleagues have had to smooth things over. Weve talked with marco rubio and hes fully on board with our process and im hopeful that in march well have a bipartisan bill. In march is when the president wants to see a bill in congress thats ready for a vote. Now, despite this latest commotion, washington has not come this close to Immigration Reform in 20 years. Annemarie . Susan mcginnis in washington, thank you. When Congress Returns from break next week, it will have just a few days before those dramatic acrosstheboard spending cuts known as the sequester. Some republican lawmakers warn there is no way to avoid them and as bill plante reports, the administration is also warning of the dire consequences. What our friends in the house have told us is that they will not even consider anythin
We begin with Immigration Reform and the stir caused by a leaked white house proposal. Critics are blasting the plan. The Administration Says the alternative proposal is just a backup in Case Congress cant agree on a deal. As reported by usa today, the president s plan would allow Illegal Immigrants to become legal permanent residents within eight year, they would have to pass a background check, learn english and u. S. History, and pay back taxes. Susan mcginnis with more now from washington. Susan, good morning. Good morning, annemarie. Its not clear whether the white house leaked this plan or not but either way they want the plan so they can continue on the bipartisan bill. The white house is responding after a draft of its version of an Immigration Reform bill was leaked to the press this weekend. The white house says its simply backup plan. We will be prepared with our own plan if these ongoing talks between republicans and democrats up on capitol hill break down. White house sour
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