Source Forged

It's telling to see how CNN is using "sources", not "Congressional sources" or "Democratic sources" or "White House sources" or even "Beltway sources" to shoot down immigration reform, just plain old "sources".

The push for immigration reform may be on the front burner for congressional Democrats, but sources say that ultimately, they believe the issue is unlikely to have enough votes to pass.


Democrats say the goal is to try to take it up in the Senate before discussing the Supreme Court nomination this summer and spend the rest of the session before the midterm election on the politically potent issue of jobs.

One big reason for the immigration reform push, sources say, is that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is in a brutal battle to win re-election in Nevada, where a quarter of the population is Hispanic and he has promised to try.

More broadly, Democrats admit, they know that Latinos who voted in big numbers for President Obama are angry that Democratic leaders have not kept a promise to deal with immigration reform.

No bill has yet been through committee but it is believed it would be similar to an effort in 2007 -- improving border security and enforcement with a path to legal status for undocumented workers.

Even better, these same sources...well, "Democratic sources" now are saying climate change is dead too.

Two Senate Democratic sources say that despite a new bipartisan push on climate change, legislation is unlikely to make it to the floor this year.

That would be a blow to Sens. John Kerry, D-Massachusetts; Joe Lieberman, I-Connecticut; and Graham, who are slated to release legislation Monday that would, among other things, set a goal of 17 percent reduction in carbon emissions in the next 10 years.

An energy bill had been stalled in the Senate after the the House passed its version in June by a 219-212 vote, with almost no Republican support and opposition from some Democrats.

Dead.  You know, unlikely to even make it to the floor for a vote.  Like health care reform. It would be nice if the Village did their job once in a while instead of playing the "sources" game, but that apparently involves "work".