Officially, the White House is sticking with its original plan for comprehensive reform this year.
Democratic Hispanic legislators oppose separating them for fear of losing business support for comprehensive reform.
We've also set aside in our budget a health care reserve fund to finance comprehensive reform.
So the capacity for bipartisan support for this kind of immigration reform, comprehensive reform, exists.
What policy improvements are Americans missing while we operate under this insistence on comprehensive reform?
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Business demanded little in return, for example, insisting that education funds be conditional on comprehensive reform.
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What we really need to do is to keep up the fight to pass genuine, comprehensive reform.
As the daughter of immigrants, it is tremendously important for me that comprehensive reform be made a reality.
There must be a comprehensive reform of the tax and social welfare systems.
Ten years ago, my union organized the Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride as part of a national campaign for comprehensive reform.
And we continue to pursue that and believe that a bipartisan consensus can be found to achieve that comprehensive reform.
There is danger that such bills would be taken back into the purgatory of being bargaining chips for comprehensive reform.
Just a few years ago, when I was a senator, we forged a bipartisan coalition in favor of comprehensive reform.
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Forty-six states and the District of Columbia submitted comprehensive reform plans to compete in the Race to the Top competition.
And when I say comprehensive immigration reform, it is very similar to the outlines of previous efforts at comprehensive immigration reform.
The reason for this toughness is that comprehensive reform has little chance of passing both Houses on the backs of Democrats alone.
Which is why Republicans who support comprehensive reform have been sounding defensive.
In 1996, Viscount Cranborne, the leader of the Tory lords, suggested reforming the Lords as part of a comprehensive reform of Parliament.
He's still pushing for comprehensive reform and something approaching universal coverage.
The comprehensive reform plan announced today by the Spanish authorities is a major step to broaden and deepen structural reforms, building on important achievements made already.
Now his desire for comprehensive reform also sounds like campaign talk that might not translate to results should Romney win the White House in November, she said.
We welcome renewed movement toward comprehensive reform, but if that is not quickly achievable, it should not stand in the way of targeted reform that requires immediate action.
Chuck Schumer, a Democratic senator from New York, and Lindsey Graham, a Republican from South Carolina, are working on a comprehensive reform bill, which they may unveil soon.
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Yesterday, the House passed comprehensive reform legislation that incorporates some of the essential changes we need, and the Senate Banking Committee is working on its own package of reforms.
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But again, as we've discussed on many occasions in here, there are those that have supported comprehensive immigration reform in the past that don't appear to be supporting comprehensive immigration reform now.
Obama campaigned for the Latino vote by portraying John McCain as a flip-flopper who went from co-authoring a comprehensive reform plan to parroting a secure-the-border-first approach and promising to be more consistent as president.
Conservatives can point to comprehensive reform packages that will actually augment the safety net, so that it better fulfills the promise of preventing poverty in old age, but without imposing an economy-crushing burden on young workers.
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And if we're successful, if we can pass comprehensive reform, these folks will see their costs come down, they'll get the care they need, and we'll help our businesses create jobs again so our economy can grow.
Everyone assumed there would be comprehensive reform.
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