Senator BINGAMAN. has agreed to hold hearings on the Shelby bill. In addition. Senator SIMON. the chairman of the Constitution Subcommittee of the Judiciary Committee. has agreed to hold hearings on the constitutional issues raised by excluding illegal aliens from the apportionment base. It is clear that the Senators proposal will be given fair consideration. But in light of the serious constitutional problems with the proposal. the Senate should not permit the committee process to be endrun. and it should not permit this immigration bill to be saddled with a highly controversial. and almost certainly unconstitutional amendment. I urge my colleagues to vote to table the Shelby amendment.
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