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All in all, this was a pretty shameful day for Washington, but 
this effort is not over''-- President Obama in the Rose Garden denouncing 
the bipartisan Senate vote to block expanded background checks for firearms 
purchases.An angry President Obama vented his frustrations with Congress 
after several of his fellow Democrats helped block gun-control legislation 
in the Senate. Denouncing the lies of his political opponents and calling 
the day shameful, Obama vowed to fight on.But there seems to be 
little fear of Obamas anger.The president promised that he would mobilize 
his supporters to push his agenda, defy history to make midterm election 
gains and thereby avoid lame-duck status. But its apparent that many of 
his fellow Democrats either dont think he is serious or dont believe 
he can make it stick.Theres reason for them to disbelieve.Obamas strategy 
of battering Republicans with a series of painful votes to make midterm 
gains for his party depends on getting Democrats to take politically risky 
stances. If Obama cannot threaten or entice Democrats to vote his way, 
though, the plan cannot work.As the vote on gun control approached, Obama 
did hit the campaign trail as promised to speak in support. But 
it was a muted measure. Obama didnt visit the home states of 
Democratic holdouts or use his online network to hold major rallies or 
organize his community to knock on doors.After the first test of Obamas 
new model, he has nothing to show. Had 
April 10, 2013: Activists rally for immigration reform in Los Angeles.APWhile 
the authors of the newly released Senate immigration bill touted its multibillion 
dollar investment in border security, critics are seizing on what they describe 
as a major loophole -- giving the government "discretion" to choose when 
to enforce immigration laws.The union representing Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement agents has long complained that the Obama administration has 
made their job harder by preventing agents from detaining and deporting 
select illegal immigrants. They had petitioned members of the so-called 
"Gang of Eight" -- the lawmakers writing the immigration bill -- to 
address those concerns in the package.But, in a letter obtained by FoxNews.com, 
National ICE Council President Chris Crane said "this legislation again 
does nothing to resolve that."The letter was sent Tuesday to Sen. Marco 
Rubio, R-Fla., a key member of the Gang of Eight, shortly before 
the legislation was formally released. Crane thanked Rubio for meeting with 
him, a meeting he had long sought, but complained that the bill 
did not address his concerns."In fact, it appears that the security components 
it does contain focus mostly on the exterior, and rely on the 
discretion of DHS, even though DHS is in federal court right now 
for undermining the constitutional rule of law," Crane wrote, referring 
to a lawsuit brought by ICE agents.The proposal, as emphasized by its 
co-authors
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