Arlen Specter: “My sense from prior confirmation proceedings and votes in the Senate is that Judge Kapala will receive a strong vote…”

“My sense from prior confirmation proceedings and votes in the Senate is that Judge Kapala will receive a strong vote, probably unanimous. Immigration Reform In the remaining time, I will discuss what we are doing on the immigration bill because there have been so many inquiries. We all know the history of the immigration legislation from the 109th Congress. The Judiciary Committee reported out a bill. It came to the floor of the Senate, with many amendments, and it was passed with substantial bipartisan support. The House of Representatives had a very different configuration on the bill. They were concerned only with the border security, contrasted with the Senate bill, which was a comprehensive bill. We have had numerous meetings in an effort to structure a consensus bill in the course of the last many weeks. For many weeks, we met on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 4 o'clock to 6 o'clock, with as many as a dozen Republican Senators present, with the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of Commerce present. We have had substantial White House involvement reflecting the President's statement that he wants a comprehensive immigration reform bill.”