But, as policy folks working in D.C., we understand how difficult it is to get anything passed on the Hill and how, if the Obama administration stopped enforcing the law, there would be zero prospect of ever getting immigration reform that constructively deals with the undocumented population during his tenure as president.
In an interview with the Guardian on 9 October, three days before the vote in the Lords, Burnham told my colleague Patrick Wintour that his message to Lansley was: Drop your bill and we will work with you constructively to reform NHS commissioning.
Finally, the U.S. and the EU pledged to work constructively to reform the World Trade Organization (WTO), primarily to make its dispute settlement process function more efficiently and devise methods to offset new trade-distorting practices such as the use of subsidies and forced technology transfer.
Insurance companies have expressed support for the idea of covering the uninsured and I welcome their willingness to engage constructively in the reform debate.
We must also continue to constructively critique food reform policies and initiatives, before they are enacted, in an effort to strengthen them, as well as after they've been implemented, once we've gathered the data to assess their impact.
Grassley tells his Iowa constituents that Obama wants government to get rid of Grandma, yet Obama says Grassley is working "constructively" on health care reform.
However, instead of constructively trying to improve the tax reform legislation, Democrats in Congress and liberals in general, including in the media, seem more interesting in demonizing tax reform.
Over the last several months, a focused coalition has worked tenaciously but constructively to make the case for reform and a public health insurance option.
There are exceptions – she has worked constructively with the Conservative MP Sarah Wollaston on parliamentary reform – but on the whole her experience of parliament has been dispiriting.
"We look forward to continuing to work constructively with him on our campaign to reform the business rates system as a whole".
With Washington preoccupied by Iraq, Mr. Blair has constructively tried to sustain some momentum toward Palestinian reform and an eventual renewal of peace negotiations.
