The US has not undertaken a major push to reform the immigration system since 2007, when a bipartisan bill failed in the Senate.
"We didn't complete the journey, but we'll get there, " Kennedy wrote in 2007 following the collapse of bipartisan efforts to overhaul the nation's fractured immigration system.
Brennan, the president's top counterterrorism advisor, a much broader analysis will be needed -- one that covers the entire homeland security system, is independent of the executive branch, and is bipartisan in the composition of its membership.
In July, Napolitano commissioned a bipartisan task force to examine the HSAS system.
He has appointed a bipartisan commission to investigate the military health-care system, to be headed by Bob Dole, a former Republican presidential nominee and veteran of the second world war, and Donna Shalala, who was health secretary under Bill Clinton.
In our political system all the worst things are done with bipartisan consent.
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And one year from now, I will convene the leaders of Congress to craft historic, bipartisan legislation to achieve a landmark for our generation: A Social Security system that is strong in the 21st century.
Like the bipartisan plan, the president backed an overhaul of the existing legal immigration system, securing US borders, and offering a pathway to earned citizenship.
The bipartisan commission was asked by Bush to recommend ways to overhaul the retirement system and set up private accounts through which workers could invest part of their Social Security taxes in stocks and bonds.
Two different bipartisan teams in the Senate are pushing for different overhauls of the drug safety system.
Like the bipartisan plan, the president also backed an overhaul of the existing legal immigration system and securing US borders.
The bipartisan Bowles-Simpson Commission recognized that fundamental change is needed in our tax system if we are to deal with the challenges confronting us.
Now, the reason why I raise this, even though Mr. Jordan will be confirmed, is that it is so indicative of a breakdown in the system when a nominee as highly qualified as he is, with bipartisan support as he has, who's reported out of committee unanimously, still faces filibusters.
This call sought to create the space for Congress to act in a bipartisan manner on the type of common sense immigration reform that is needed to fix the broken system.
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Obama supporters can revel in their victory and choose to ignore concerns that the system is being played, or they can join in efforts to address these problems through bipartisan solutions.
That likely would clear the way for Schumer and seven other senators in a bipartisan group to unveil legislation the week of April 8 to overhaul the U.S. immigration system, strengthening the border, cracking down on employers, allowing in tens of thousands of new high- and low-skilled workers and providing a path to citizenship for the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants already in the country.
The fact that we would be voting on -- that the Senate would be voting on a bipartisan, common-sense compromise amendment that would establish an expanded background check system has been known for some time.
"By failing to act on President Bush's bipartisan education initiative, the Senate Democrat majority is holding up the most sweeping reform to our nation's educational system in decades, " Lott said.
An agreement would likely clear the way for a bipartisan group of senators to unveil legislation the week of April 8 to dramatically overhaul the U.S. immigration system, strengthening the border and cracking down on employers as well as remaking the legal immigration system while providing eventual citizenship to millions.
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