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McDonald Hopkins Government Strategies Advisory: This Week in Washington — May 3, 2013

With the House and Senate out of session this week, we present you with a somewhat abbreviated This Week in Washington:

Immigration reform in the House

While members of both parties in the Senate seem committed to moving a single comprehensive immigration reform bill—the bipartisan Gang of 8 released their bill last week—the future of reform in the House is much murkier.

Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), Chair of the House Judiciary Committee, announced this week that his committee would eschew the single comprehensive bill approach and instead focus on a slower, piecemeal approach to the issue.