They said the president offered a sober account of the political difficulties of an immigration bill this year, coming after the protracted battle over health care.
"I wouldn't underestimate the difficulties of getting the bill through the whole Congress," said Mr. Kirk shortly after the vote, which happened so quickly it surprised even some of the senators on the committee.
The reforms illustrate both the political risks and practical difficulties of cutting the welfare bill which, together with pensions, forms Whitehall's biggest budget.
On top of the difficulties any bill to overhaul immigration would confront with unemployment near 10 percent, the near-term obstacles became clear on Friday when Mr. Graham pointedly reiterated a warning that an immigration bill would be "the first casualty" if Democrats adopt health care legislation by an expedited process that circumvents Republican votes.
Problems with compulsive shopping or wasteful spending, in addition to the difficulties of money management (paying bills, setting priorities, knowing how much money they had), were noted in each focus group (Table 16).
In response to the person's suggestion about trying to cast votes in the names of 100 inactive voters, Patrick Moran attempted to discourage the scheme, but also discussed the practical difficulties of forging documentation such as utility bills.
Demographic variables assessed were age, marital status, education, occupational status, household income in Norwegian kroner (NOK), self-reported assessment of personal finances and difficulties in paying bills, body mass index (BMI), smoking, frequency of alcohol consumption, and physical exercise.
Delaying measures can create its own difficulties, with late bills in danger of running into the parliamentary buffers of the end of the session.
The assault illustrated again the difficulties of passing legislation in the divided Congress, even popular bills.
But because of the difficulties of building a consensus for protecting larger areas, such bills rarely pass.
90 In November 1937, while the Scottish Registration of Still-Births Bill was being prepared, the Scottish Registrar General had written to his English counterpart, Sylvanus Vivian, about possible difficulties of implementation, asking whether cause of stillbirth had ever been considered when the bill that introduced English stillbirth registration was being drafted and, if so, why it was omitted.
