President Bush was accompanied by Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell (second from left) and Vice President Dick Cheney yesterday on the way to the Senate Republican policy lunch on Capitol Hill.
(YURI GRIPAS/REUTERS)
Bush presses GOP on immigration bill
Rebellion has him on unfamiliar turf
President Bush was accompanied by Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell (second from left) and Vice President Dick Cheney yesterday on the way to the Senate Republican policy lunch on Capitol Hill.
(YURI GRIPAS/REUTERS)
WASHINGTON -- President Bush, once able to easily corral GOP lawmakers to get what he wanted on Capitol Hill, found himself in an unusual role yesterday: scrounging for votes from members of his own party. (Full article: 1069 words)
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