If we can pass these measures with strong support on both sides of the aisle and send them to the President for his signature. it will be much easier to establish the trust and cooperation necessary to do the harder stuff. So starting with the easy stuff we have already identified that has bipartisan supportdemonstrating we can actually do thatthen I think we will have confidence in ourselves. and the American people will have confidence in us and their government to begin to tackle some of the more challenging issues. Senator MCCONNELL. the Republican leader. mentioned this. but it bears repeating: that the President is still threatening to go around Congress and use an Executive order to implement a new. radical change in our Federal Governments immigration policy. and I think it is a terrible mistake. At this same luncheon that the Senator from Kentucky mentioned. a number of us went down the line and said: Mr. President. please dont do this because if you do. it will make it even harder for us to take a stepbystep approach to immigration reform that enjoys bipartisan support. It will poison the wellnot to mention the fact that what the President is proposing to do is unlawful and it will also make it harder for us to do the other things I have mentioned already that have bipartisan support. It will poison the well.
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