Sensenbrenner’s Political Popularity

In December, Congressman James Sensenbrenner, a former House manager of President Bill Clinton’s impeachment trial and sponsor of the Defense of Marriage Act, wrote an enforcement-only bill that would pre-empt President Bush’s call for a guest worker program. It quickly passed the House without hearings.

Within three months, the “Sensenbrenner bill” had become a lightning rod, deeply polarizing the national debate on immigration. Click here.

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