One casualty of the war in Iraq and the way it has dominated the nation's attention is President Bush's legislative agenda. Nearly all his initiatives have either stalled or run into trouble in Congress. His immigration-reform initiative, which would give illegal immigrants guest-worker status, appears to be going nowhere. Conservatives spurn it as a reward for illegal activities, while liberals complain that it doesn't go far enough. A welfare-reform bill, which would toughen work requirements, got caught in a tussle over whether to raise the minimum wage. Meanwhile, even with gasoline prices rising, the energy bill that was once a top...
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