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Show Tues/Wed/Thurs, December 28-30, 2004 The Park Record A-10 '05 best chance for major change •f 0% Gift to Charity u. In the Spirit of the Season ._ I will GIVE 10% of my Brokerage Service Fee :i i the CHARITY of your choice Upon the closing of your property.* Happy Holidays!! -PREMIERE / ^ \ flbu™ PROPERTIES.. ' ^fc* Karen "KAZ" Burnz Associate Broker 435-640-2302 www.PremiereMountain.com http://www.premieremountain.com i "Propenies must lit? listed or bought with me by January 31, 2005 and f" Charity muM be a legitimate non-profit 501 (3)C organizdrion. WASHINGTON (AP) If many others, passing a new transmajor changes are lo be accom- portation bill is a pressing need. plished in the next Congress or Disagreement over (he cos! has next Bush administration, 2005 repeatedly stalled passage of a presents the best opportunity for new multiyear bill to fund highsuccess, said Rep. Roy Blunt, the ways and mass transit. The delay has prompted Congress to vote No. 3 House Republican. Blunt isn't the only Missouri half a dozen times to extend the lawmaker seeking bold policy ini- law, which expired in 2003. tiatives in the next 12 months. A new bill will likely provide The slate's nine House members Missouri with more money lo fix and two senators arc setting goals roads, bridges and other transinvolving transportation, taxes, portation needs. The federal trade, health care and Social highway trust fund is financed Security. through federal gasoline taxes, •At the same time, war and but Missouri and many other fighting terrorism will command states pay more in gas taxes than the trust fund returns. Missouri's much of their attention. share could rise from about 91 i"I think 2005 has the potential lfl.be the best domestic policy cents on the dollar to 95 cents ytar of the Bush administration under a new program. for several reasons," Blunt said, The current extension expires citing Bush's undisputed victory in May. a deadline that Bond in November as well as the presi- hopes will create a sense of dent's desire to spend political urgency to pass a new bill. Bond capital and have a meaningful is chairman of a transportation second term. subcommittee of the "His potential to do dramatic, Environment and Public Works long-term domestic policy Committee and is an author of changes will diminish after 2005," the highway bill. the southwest Missouri lawmaker "We've got to do something, said. but the administration is shooting For Sen. Kit Bond. R-Mo., and the number so low, it'll make it very difficult to pass," Bond said. "We're still hoping." As part of the highway bill. Sen. Jim Talent, R-Mo., will push lo raise road money by selling bonds; the proceeds would help states and local governments finish building roads and other transportation needs. "We have got to recapitalize the nation's roads and transportation infrastructure," Talent said. "I think we've got a good chance of at least doing private activity bonds." Talent also serves on the Senate Armed Services Committee, whose members plan lo begin the year with a review of whether U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan are adequately equipped. The issue came to a head when Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld bristled in response to a soldier's concerns, at a televised meeting in Kuwait, about a shortage that is forcing troops to scavenge for armor plating in junk piles. "It's a constant effort to try and make sure the forces have what they need and that they're shaped in a way that allows them to accomplish their mission best," said Talent, who visited Iraq and the Middle East in December. Bond will remain on the Senate Intelligence Committee, which also has oversight of war and terrorism issues. And Si. Louis Republican Rep. Todd Akin is expected to remain on the House Armed Services Committee. The senior Democrat on that panel, Missouri Rep. Ike Skelton. said war will dominate the congressional agenda. "America has to be successful in ihe war in Iraq, or else we'll have a snake pit haven for alQaida terrorists," said Skelton, who represents central and western parts of the slate. "I'm concerned about the whole future of the Middle East. The best we could do would be to have a stable Iraq thai has some sort of representative democracy; there's no way there will ever be a Jcffersonian government." The challenge ihe United Stales faces now, Skelton said, is keeping the military in general and the Army in particular from being broken by long deployments and inadequate equipment. "Many soldiers have been to Iraq and Afghanistan two, maybe three times already," Skelton said. "Forty percent of ihe Army troops in Iraq arc Guard and. Reserve, and their retention and reenlistment is beginning to plummet." Skelton is Ihe senior member of the Missouri delegation to Congress. He and retiring Rep. Dick Gephardt won election to Congress in 1976. The delegation will have two newcomers - Rep.-elect Russ Carnahan of St. Louis, who is replacing Gephardt, and Rep.elect Emanucl Cleaver, the former Kansas City mayor who succeeds Rep. Karen McCarthy. McCarthy decided lo retire after being accused of misusing her staff and campaign for her personal benefit. not clear how much of that he is willing to spend on the immigration measure. Higher on his list of priorities is overhauling the Social Security system, rewriting the tax laws, limiting lawsuit judgments and making his first-term tax cuts permanent. An estimated 10 million immigrants live in ihe United Slates illegally; the vast majority are from Mexico, with an additional million arriving every year. A hint of the trouble ahead for Bush on immigration came this month when proposals lo tighten - not case - border restrictions nearly undermined a bill to restructure U.S. intelligence agencies. The chairman of Ihe House Judiciary Committee wanted the measure to bar slates from giving a driver's license lo illegal immigrants. Republican Rep. James Sensenbrenner of Wisconsin said some of the Sept. 11 hijackers gained access to U.S. aircraft by using a driver's license as identification. Sensenbrenner ultimately backed down, but only after House Speaker Dennis Hasten promised thai the chairman's proposal would be considered in separate legislation in 2005. The president's plan would grant temporary-worker status, for three years to six years, to millions of undocumented workers. It also would make it easier for those workers to get permanent U.S. citizenship. As governor of Texas, Bush was committed to immigration changes. As president, he came close lo making a deal with Mexican President Vicente Fox in the days before ihe attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Those plans were pul on hold as tighter borders look on a higher priority for the United States. As a presidential candidate. both in 2000 and 2004, Bush eagerly courted Htspanics, the fastest-growing ethnic group in the electorate. "We will keep working to make this nation a welcoming place for Hispanic people, a land of opportunity para lodos (for all) who live here in America," Bush told the League of United Latin American Citizens last summer. Bush claimed 35 percent of Hispanic voters in 2000 and at least 40 percent last Nov. 2, according lo exit polls. That compares with the 21 percent won by Bob Dole in 1996 and the 25 percenl that Bush's father got in 3992. Republican consultants suggest Bush will not make a big push for his immigration bill until he has achieved his goals on Social Security and the tax laws. They also say the president may jettison the immigration bill if it would jeopardize other parts of his agenda. Inside the administration, nobody is suggesting that passing the immigration plan would be anything other than extremely difficult. "We don't want to overpromise." Secretary of State Colin Powell said during a visit last month to Mexico Citv. ORIENTAL RUG LIQUIDA TION Bush facesfightswith Republicans Million entory! Utah's Largest Selection Over 2,500 Rugs In Stock FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY SAVE 60-75% Off Tag tiring Your Room Sizes & Color Swatches GOODS OFFERED FOR PUBLIC OFFERING: EXTREMELY FINE SIGNED PERSIAN ISFAHAN, SEMI-ANTIOUE PERSIAN HERIZ. MASHADS, MAHALS, PERSIAN CITY RUGS SUCH AS TABRIZ. NAIN. OUM AND ISFAHAN. TEA WASHED AND ANTIQUE WASH INDIAN RUGS, CHINESE PERSIAN DESIGN RUGS. 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The chance seems slim for finding common ground between those in favor of liberalized immigration laws -.Bush, Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona, and California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger for example - and those who want fewer immigrants, tougher border controls and harsher penalties. Opposition is strongest among House Republicans. "In our party, this is a deep division that is growing deeper every minute," says Republican Rep. Tom Tancrcdo of Colorado. He heads a group of 70 lawmakers who are against easing immigration laws. Tancredo said Bush's guestworker proposal is "a pig with lipstick" and will not pass. Bush asserts that he won valuable "political capital" in the election and intends to spend it. It is WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO RELAX? rom his hard working attitude to his 19 years in Park City, Hughes has ? what it takes to make your real estate transactions simple and successful. 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