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THATS CONFIRM NEWS FROM CNN:

House narrowly passes deficit-reduction bill

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A week after postponing a vote on a budget-cutting package, House Republicans eked out a narrow 217-215 win early Friday, passing a bill to trim about $50 billion from the deficit over the next five years.

The deficit-reduction plan cuts spending across a wide range of government programs. The hard-fought win was not official until about 1:45 a.m. Last week, House Republicans abruptly canceled their first attempt to vote on the package after admitting they didn't have enough votes to pass it.

Fourteen Republicans joined 201 Democrats in voting against the bill. Passage was an important victory for the GOP leadership, and came on the heels of a surprising setback Thursday afternoon on another key spending bill. Twenty-two Republicans joined House Democrats to defeat a $142 billion bill that funds many of the nation's health and social services programs. (Updated 4:17 a.m.)

 

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Good Job. Very old news.

Note: Immigration reforms may not be added in the end. H1 and L1 issues might be added.

 

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BTW, another 2 or 3 weeks of intense effort is still required according to Attorney Oh who hosts http://www.immigration-law.com

Here is what he said "Because of the differences between the two bills, S. 1932 is expected to the Conference Committee after the Congress returns to the session the second week in December 2005. This means that the businesses, academic community, and immigrant community should focus on the House-Senate conference committee to resolve differences between the S. 1932 as passed by the Senate and the S.1932 as amended by the House. H.R. 4241 which was passed that night is merged into S. 1932 and out of the picture hereon. The Senators and the House members have returned to your community for the next two weeks and it is a golden opportunity for the supports of the original S. 1932 to contact their Congressional delegations in their community during this holiday season. The House Speaker and the GOP majority whips in the Senate and House will play an important role in the conference process."

Again, if you would like help out and/or not sure how this affects you and what you can to help. Please go to http://www.immigration-law.com and look under heading "11/18/2005: House Passed H.R. 4241 by Vote 217-215 at 01:41 a.m. Today" and click on the "Read and help the immigration community's last minute effort"