The Washington Times Op-Ed
What belongs in a congressional appropriations bill often depends on what will attract the least attention. It's often easier to hide a pork-laden amendment inside must-pass legislation. But Republican supporters of amnesty for illegal immigrants are sorely mistaken if they think they're going to get their way by attaching Sen. Larry Craig of Idaho's "Ag Jobs" measure to the $81 billion emergency spending bill for the war on terror. We'll put it this way: If the appropriations bill designed to fund our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan doesn't pass because of a misguided amnesty amendment, it'll be squarely the fault of supporters of the Craig bill. They can then go explain what happened to the soldiers risking their lives around the world.
Posted by Suzanne at April 6, 2005