It is 100 percent baseless and false. These provisions were requested by border-based U.S. attorneys to help crack down on human smugglers.

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I would expect that the House will forcefully advocate for those provisions. I would say its prospects look fairly good.

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We're looking into the issue. No final decision has been made on whether having hearings is an appropriate action.

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I don't see any of those bills moving this year.

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It's on the top of the agenda. We've got strong bipartisan support. We want to make sure the legislation is right, especially with constitutional issues.

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If we had a conference report, we would have filed it. Until everything is agreed upon, nothing is agreed upon.

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We have a tentative agreement. We don't expect anything to be changed.

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The goal of this law was to insure that all bill-paying Americans, including victims of Hurricane Katrina, don't have to pay the debts of others that can afford to pay.

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It is a push by bankruptcy opponents to try and delay the implementation, more so than a good-faith effort to help Katrina victims.

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