See articleThe House of Representatives passed an immigration bill that included tough provisions for border security, but excluded Mr Bush's guest-worker programme for illegal immigrants (the Senate will consider the bill next year).
Just a day ago the head of a Kashmiri separatist group, Yasin Malik, was arrested under its tough provisions, sparking demonstrations on the streets of Srinagar, the summer capital of Kashmir.
This year's bills are more problematic than most because they contain some tough provisions requiring serious investment in efficiency and major changes in the way we create and deliver energy.
The regulatory legislation now includes some extremely tough provisions, put forward by Senator Blanche Lincoln, Democrat of Arkansas and chairwoman of the agriculture committee, including language that would most likely force most of the major financial institutions on Wall Street to spin off their lucrative derivatives businesses.
Ironically, those big Wall Street banks were hoping that if Lincoln lost the primary she would be perfectly willing to compromise her tough provisions away as the Wall Street reform bill is conferenced by the House and Senate.
Some advocates fear the delay could result in the measure being stripped of its toughest provisions.
A few states are rewriting their laws to include tougher provisions.
The compromise includes tougher provisions against Asian imports that are passed off as African-made apparel.
The government originally proposed legislation more palatable to suppliers, but opposition parties had demanded tougher provisions, particularly after the ghost of the Bhopal disaster inflamed the debate.
Echoing the Supreme Court, which upheld Arizona's measure authorizing the police to inquire about immigration status, the judges allowed similar though even tougher provisions in Alabama's law.
