Raul Hinajosa, a researcher at the University of California at Los Angeles, who serves as a consultant to the Fox administration on immigration, said, "If they want to move this issue forward in the United States, they know U.S. labor can play a make-or-break role on an issue Mexicans care about".
He said if elected, he would "make sure I move this issue forward".
Although no help can be expected in the short run from the current Supreme Court, two broad steps could move this issue forward.
Clarifying the ethical value proposition for CE might help move this issue forward on the research policy agenda.
It's going to take courageous leadership and difficult conversations, but let this be the generation of senior NHS leaders to finally and significantly move the issue forward.
Paul Shapiro, a Humane Society spokesman, said, "We've been talking about this with McDonald's for years, and to see them sending this type of a signal to the pork industry will really help move the issue forward.
"I don't know that these actions move that issue forward".
These acts, they hope, show that they are willing to do whatever it takes to move the issue forward.
Senator Al Franken, a Minnesota Democrat who sits on the Committee on Indian Affairs, issued a statement last week signaling that he might move the issue forward.
Mr. Obama did not say how he intended to move the issue forward in his second term or break the Congressional logjam.
Today, senators can "filibuster" simply by announcing that they plan to do so; the Senate then needs sixty votes to move the issue forward.
