Incoming senators talk compromise on key issues, but divide remains
Published December 01, 2014
FILE: Aug. 6, 2013: Rep. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., center, greets a supporter after announcing his candidacy for Senate, in Dardanelle, Ark.(AP)
Newly-elected senators from both parties agreed Sunday on several issues facing the incoming Congress, including job creation and the passage of immigration-reform legislation, but also hinted that elusive bipartisan compromise will be difficult to attain.
Arkansas GOP Rep. Tom Cotton, elected in November to the Senate, said the House wants to pass an immigration reform bill, just as the Democrat-controlled Senate did last year. However, the lower chambers bill will likely be different.
I think we should pass a bill that addresses our problems, Cotton told NBCs Meet the Press.
He said the priorities in a House version would be border security and enforcing existing laws on people living illegally in the United States.
Cotton also repeated his concern that Middle East terror groups could be trying to cross through security gaps in the U.S.-Mexico border.
The House faces increasing pressure to pass a bill to override the executive action President Obama took earlier this month on immigration reform.
Incoming Sens. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., and Gary Peters, D-Mich., also agreed that their parties should work together to create more and better-paying jobs for Americans and to bring overseas manufacturing jobs back to the U.S.
I think there are a number of opportunities for Republicans and Democrats to work together, Tillis told CBSs Meet the Press.
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Incoming senators talk compromise on key issues, but divide remains