21. A prime sponsor of the reform legislation is Rep. Nick Rahall, D-West Va., the highest-ranking Democrat on the House Resources Committee. 22. After passing in the Senate last month, campaign reform legislation needs every vote from both sides of the aisle to overcome Republican-led opposition in the House. 23. Burton has shown no interest in building a case for campaign finance reform legislation. 24. Bush used the setting to affirm his support for welfare reform legislation. 25. Bush also laid the groundwork for Democratic defections on pending campaign finance reform legislation by offering a set of principles that could shape a compromise bill. 26. But such opponents as Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, have threatened a filibuster against reform legislation. 27. But now just as reform legislation is making headway in the House, a new danger is posed by those who say they are friends. 28. But under immigration reform legislation being considered in Congress, he would be kicked out of line and sent back to Mexico, a country he barely remembers. 29. But under immigration reform legislation being considered in Congress, they would be ineligible to live in the United States. |