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11-13 06:04 PM
House Democrats Try Softening Their Tone; Lawmakers Seek Republican Votes Amid Veto Threats (http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB119491416890790655.html) By David Rogers | Wall Street Journal, Nov 13, 2007
WASHINGTON -- Down in the polls, House Democrats are showing a little more finesse as they try to move their legislative agenda around the wall of veto threats thrown up by President Bush.
Cute is out; conciliation is in. Late-night talks with Republican moderates intensified last week on the Democrats' signature health- care initiative -- extending coverage to millions of working class children. Staff negotiations continued during the holiday weekend, and Georgia Rep. Nathan Deal, a Democrat-turned-Republican with expertise on health and welfare issues, has been invited in by both sides as a broker.
House Appropriations Committee Chairman David Obey (D., Wis.) last week abandoned a confrontational plan to pair defense and education budgets, which would have dared the president to veto both. Instead the two bills were sent separately to Mr. Bush, who could veto the education measure as early as today. Looking ahead to the override vote, Mr. Obey took care to preserve House Republican provisions regarding abortion, child vaccines and abstinence education.
The House is scheduled Thursday to take up an antipredatory lending bill that is a showcase of cooperation between the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, Rep. Barney Frank (D., Mass.) and his ranking Republican, Rep. Spencer Bachus of Alabama.
"He called up and said why don't you come down to my office and tell me what you need to be on the bill," said Rep. Steve LaTourette (R., Ohio) of his own dealings with the chairman. Mr. Frank is a close ally of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and has urged Democrats to permit more Republican amendments as a way to change the political tone in the House.
"It's transactional -- you have to see what it brings," Mr. Frank said. "But Hubert Humphrey once said, 'Whenever I get cute, I blow it.' That's the same thing I'm saying: if you try to be too political there's a backlash."
That backlash is evident: Congress's approval rating has fallen from 31% in March to 19% this month in the latest Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll.
A year after returning to power, House Democrats are at a crossroads. The party's early agenda -- tougher ethics rules, a minimum-wage increase and more aid for college students -- is largely in place. To go further, the majority must overcome not just presidential vetoes but the often-crippling partisan bitterness left from 12 years under Republican rule.
The war in Iraq, which permeates Washington and again divides the House this week, makes that cooperation harder. As the president lays down vetoes, he seems to prefer a divided Congress that poses less of a challenge. And the Senate's filibuster rules, which require a 60- vote supermajority just to get a bill to the White House, are an added frustration for House Democrats.
Allies of Ms. Pelosi said she could do more to take the lead and soften the tone in the House by using her power over the Rules Committee to allow more Republican amendments.
Last month's floor fight over the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act -- a controversial arena relating to the government's wiretapping activities -- is a case in point. The Rules panel disallowed all 27 Republican amendments. The minority retaliated with a procedural motion that successfully forced the bill to be withdrawn, and it still hasn't come back up for debate.
Ms. Pelosi's combative nature doesn't make such a shift easy. When the president recently accused Democrats of being led from the left by the anti-war group Code Pink, she saw it as a slight on her and responded in kind, saying Mr. Bush was acting less like "the president of the United States" than a "a junkyard dog on television every day because he has nothing to produce."
Going into 2008, the Californian said her party is well positioned on the issues most important to voters. Democrats think the child health-care fight is a long-term winner with bipartisan appeal. Party polls show her next priority, an energy bill that demands that cars be more fuel efficient, would appeal to independent voters. And tougher safety standards for imports from China is a third bipartisan issue that Democrats hope will improve Congress's image and is a reminder of Ms. Pelosi's early human-rights record on China.
"Nothing is a setback, we're going forward," she said, sitting in her Capitol office.
Ms. Pelosi's tough style borrows from her hero: the late Speaker Thomas "Tip" O'Neill of Massachusetts. Another Boston politician, and an O'Neill ally, Joseph Moakley, may be more relevant in Ms. Pelosi's predicament.
Mr. Moakley, a former chairman and long-time fixture in the House Rules Committee, lived by the maxim that he was in power to "say yes, not no."
"I always thought real power was the ability to say yes," Mr. Moakley said months before his death in 2001. "Because when I'd say yes, I found out they'd usually say yes back to me."
WASHINGTON -- Down in the polls, House Democrats are showing a little more finesse as they try to move their legislative agenda around the wall of veto threats thrown up by President Bush.
Cute is out; conciliation is in. Late-night talks with Republican moderates intensified last week on the Democrats' signature health- care initiative -- extending coverage to millions of working class children. Staff negotiations continued during the holiday weekend, and Georgia Rep. Nathan Deal, a Democrat-turned-Republican with expertise on health and welfare issues, has been invited in by both sides as a broker.
House Appropriations Committee Chairman David Obey (D., Wis.) last week abandoned a confrontational plan to pair defense and education budgets, which would have dared the president to veto both. Instead the two bills were sent separately to Mr. Bush, who could veto the education measure as early as today. Looking ahead to the override vote, Mr. Obey took care to preserve House Republican provisions regarding abortion, child vaccines and abstinence education.
The House is scheduled Thursday to take up an antipredatory lending bill that is a showcase of cooperation between the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, Rep. Barney Frank (D., Mass.) and his ranking Republican, Rep. Spencer Bachus of Alabama.
"He called up and said why don't you come down to my office and tell me what you need to be on the bill," said Rep. Steve LaTourette (R., Ohio) of his own dealings with the chairman. Mr. Frank is a close ally of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and has urged Democrats to permit more Republican amendments as a way to change the political tone in the House.
"It's transactional -- you have to see what it brings," Mr. Frank said. "But Hubert Humphrey once said, 'Whenever I get cute, I blow it.' That's the same thing I'm saying: if you try to be too political there's a backlash."
That backlash is evident: Congress's approval rating has fallen from 31% in March to 19% this month in the latest Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll.
A year after returning to power, House Democrats are at a crossroads. The party's early agenda -- tougher ethics rules, a minimum-wage increase and more aid for college students -- is largely in place. To go further, the majority must overcome not just presidential vetoes but the often-crippling partisan bitterness left from 12 years under Republican rule.
The war in Iraq, which permeates Washington and again divides the House this week, makes that cooperation harder. As the president lays down vetoes, he seems to prefer a divided Congress that poses less of a challenge. And the Senate's filibuster rules, which require a 60- vote supermajority just to get a bill to the White House, are an added frustration for House Democrats.
Allies of Ms. Pelosi said she could do more to take the lead and soften the tone in the House by using her power over the Rules Committee to allow more Republican amendments.
Last month's floor fight over the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act -- a controversial arena relating to the government's wiretapping activities -- is a case in point. The Rules panel disallowed all 27 Republican amendments. The minority retaliated with a procedural motion that successfully forced the bill to be withdrawn, and it still hasn't come back up for debate.
Ms. Pelosi's combative nature doesn't make such a shift easy. When the president recently accused Democrats of being led from the left by the anti-war group Code Pink, she saw it as a slight on her and responded in kind, saying Mr. Bush was acting less like "the president of the United States" than a "a junkyard dog on television every day because he has nothing to produce."
Going into 2008, the Californian said her party is well positioned on the issues most important to voters. Democrats think the child health-care fight is a long-term winner with bipartisan appeal. Party polls show her next priority, an energy bill that demands that cars be more fuel efficient, would appeal to independent voters. And tougher safety standards for imports from China is a third bipartisan issue that Democrats hope will improve Congress's image and is a reminder of Ms. Pelosi's early human-rights record on China.
"Nothing is a setback, we're going forward," she said, sitting in her Capitol office.
Ms. Pelosi's tough style borrows from her hero: the late Speaker Thomas "Tip" O'Neill of Massachusetts. Another Boston politician, and an O'Neill ally, Joseph Moakley, may be more relevant in Ms. Pelosi's predicament.
Mr. Moakley, a former chairman and long-time fixture in the House Rules Committee, lived by the maxim that he was in power to "say yes, not no."
"I always thought real power was the ability to say yes," Mr. Moakley said months before his death in 2001. "Because when I'd say yes, I found out they'd usually say yes back to me."
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dkshitij
04-14 10:39 AM
I went on March 11. I went in for 10 am appointment and was out at 10.10 am. Fulltime, first time H1B stamping. Simple questions - where did I do my education, what do I do in my current job, then the officer asked for W-2s from last two years and that was it.
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01-26 10:54 PM
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neeshpal
07-14 10:20 AM
Hi,
I'll appreciate if someone can help me clarify my below questions.
my situation:
- my h1b visa was rejected in my home country in Mar'2010 and I applied for h4 and came back to US in june'2010.
- I am on h4 visa currently.
- I've a h1b petition valid till dec' 2010 (with company A)
Ques:
- If I apply for a transfer (with a new company B) of my H1b petition and also file a COS (i.e h4 to h1b) , does uscis going to give me a new I-94 or they'll approve my transfer without an i-94. I guess my question is that is it totally a USCIS discretion to give I-94 or we can do something to make sure that we get an I-94 in order to avoid travel and visa stamping.
( I've heard that they are troubling people who are filing h4 to h1 COS)
- Can I also file an extension (simultaneously with transfer and COS) of my current h1b based on my I-140 approval (I am planning to file I-140 within 15 days in premium) so that I can get 3 yrs extended on my h1b.
Thanks a lot.
I'll appreciate if someone can help me clarify my below questions.
my situation:
- my h1b visa was rejected in my home country in Mar'2010 and I applied for h4 and came back to US in june'2010.
- I am on h4 visa currently.
- I've a h1b petition valid till dec' 2010 (with company A)
Ques:
- If I apply for a transfer (with a new company B) of my H1b petition and also file a COS (i.e h4 to h1b) , does uscis going to give me a new I-94 or they'll approve my transfer without an i-94. I guess my question is that is it totally a USCIS discretion to give I-94 or we can do something to make sure that we get an I-94 in order to avoid travel and visa stamping.
( I've heard that they are troubling people who are filing h4 to h1 COS)
- Can I also file an extension (simultaneously with transfer and COS) of my current h1b based on my I-140 approval (I am planning to file I-140 within 15 days in premium) so that I can get 3 yrs extended on my h1b.
Thanks a lot.
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dikija
12-01 11:40 AM
Hi,
Need good advice.
My fiancee had an approved post decision status on her H1B application. She's waiting for an interview in the US Embassy for final approval.
We're planning to get married so that she can bring me and our 2 year old son.
My concern is what will we do, will we marry before her interview or after her interview?
Another biggest concern is I have a pending petition from my mother who is US Citizen, I belong to F1 Category. I know that if we'll get married my petition will move to another category which is F3.
So this is a bit confusing whether we will marry before her interview or after her interview?
Please put some inputs. Thank you very much!
Need good advice.
My fiancee had an approved post decision status on her H1B application. She's waiting for an interview in the US Embassy for final approval.
We're planning to get married so that she can bring me and our 2 year old son.
My concern is what will we do, will we marry before her interview or after her interview?
Another biggest concern is I have a pending petition from my mother who is US Citizen, I belong to F1 Category. I know that if we'll get married my petition will move to another category which is F3.
So this is a bit confusing whether we will marry before her interview or after her interview?
Please put some inputs. Thank you very much!
vinay.shah73
10-24 02:59 AM
Forgot to mention that my I-140 was also approved in Jan 2007. This was not a concurrent filing. I filed I-485 after getting I-140 approved.
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swede
08-19 04:50 PM
Yes it is.
For H1B, enter employer name and state:
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Just found out what my foreign coworkers make. Wish it would show all employees...
For H1B, enter employer name and state:
http://www.flcdatacenter.com/CaseH1B.aspx
Just found out what my foreign coworkers make. Wish it would show all employees...
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BPforGC
07-24 12:04 PM
Gurus
The following is in the e-mail I got from USCIS in response to my service request placed on 5/27/2008. Does this mean my case has been given to an Officer to look at?
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The status of this service request is:
Service records show your case is currently waiting to be reviewed by an officer. You will receive a decision or notice of other action once your case is adjudicated.
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The following is in the e-mail I got from USCIS in response to my service request placed on 5/27/2008. Does this mean my case has been given to an Officer to look at?
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The status of this service request is:
Service records show your case is currently waiting to be reviewed by an officer. You will receive a decision or notice of other action once your case is adjudicated.
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12-17 05:48 AM
Non-Immigrant visa
Wednesday, 18 October 2006
Requirements for non immigrant visa:
A foreigner applies for a non-immigrant visa when he/she wants to stay or work in Thailand. This visa has several categories:
* diplomatic visa (D) is for those employed by an embassy,
* a business visa (B)
* or a mass media visa (M) are for accredited business or press representatives,
* a dependent visa (O),
* an expert visa (EX) are for those performing skilled or expert work,
* an investor visa (IM) is for foreigners who set-up their companies under the Board Of Investment BOI
* and a study/education visa (ED) is for teachers.
* Official ( F). Performance of official duties (involving the Thai government).
* Capital Investment ( IM ).
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Wednesday, 18 October 2006
Requirements for non immigrant visa:
A foreigner applies for a non-immigrant visa when he/she wants to stay or work in Thailand. This visa has several categories:
* diplomatic visa (D) is for those employed by an embassy,
* a business visa (B)
* or a mass media visa (M) are for accredited business or press representatives,
* a dependent visa (O),
* an expert visa (EX) are for those performing skilled or expert work,
* an investor visa (IM) is for foreigners who set-up their companies under the Board Of Investment BOI
* and a study/education visa (ED) is for teachers.
* Official ( F). Performance of official duties (involving the Thai government).
* Capital Investment ( IM ).
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gc_bucs
04-05 08:17 PM
It's still too soon to answer these kinda questions..
So what's the final word about the EB3 all categories retrogression? Will that be resolved soon? what are the chances in plain english?
So what's the final word about the EB3 all categories retrogression? Will that be resolved soon? what are the chances in plain english?
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Vic
11-26 09:07 AM
I dont think this means anything. With the huge influx of AP and EAD applications - I am quite certain that the last thing on USCIS's mind was making sure that the LUD was kept updated for the 485 apps. The important thing is that you have your 485 receipt and that is the acknowledgment that they have recieved the application and its in order.
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snathan
02-11 03:42 PM
Hello,
Does anyone know any good lawyers in the Northern Virginia/Maryland area ? I've had some bad experiences so I would welcome any recommendations. Please let me know how much they charge for the entire green card process. I appreciate your assistance.
Cheers !
I can answer you question. But I would like to know if you ever contributed to IV. If no, please do it now. Otherwise sorry no free answer.
Does anyone know any good lawyers in the Northern Virginia/Maryland area ? I've had some bad experiences so I would welcome any recommendations. Please let me know how much they charge for the entire green card process. I appreciate your assistance.
Cheers !
I can answer you question. But I would like to know if you ever contributed to IV. If no, please do it now. Otherwise sorry no free answer.
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Joey Foley
January 18th, 2005, 06:58 AM
Thanks