Mr. Bush seems equally determined to win provisions he says are needed to interrogate and prosecute terrorism suspects.
Those countries, and others, succeeded in winning provisions in the fine print of the 867-page immigration bill now before Congress that give their citizens benefits not extended to most other foreigners.
Ian K. Leonard, a member of the Camden County Board of Freeholders and the state political director for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, said he did not blame the union officials who won the provisions.
Green For All and a coalition of civil rights, faith, labor, environmental, and community groups fought for and won these provisions in the House version of climate legislation last summer.
The company head, who described his workers as "mostly Hispanic," said that he warned them about a month ago that if Obama won reelection, provisions like Obamacare and extra payroll taxes would force him to make certain considerations in order to keep his business running.
Democrats won a provision drawn from automatic-cut mechanisms in previous decades that exempts low-income entitlement programs.
For example, Japan won a provision to receive credits for reducing the gases by protecting forests that absorb carbon dioxide.
In the negotiations, the Iraqi government won a provision that eliminated the immunity from Iraqi law previously granted American contractors.
After intense lobbying, the farmers' association won a provision requiring the state often to finance up to 70percentt of the cost of following the new regulations.
