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Blunt Calls Bush's Comments "unhelpful And Uncalled For"

President Bush's drive to overhaul the country's immigration laws has never been popular among Republicans in the House.

But Minority Whip Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) took particular exception to Bush's comments last week assailing critics of the immigration bill for mischaracterizing it as "amnesty" just to win political points.

Blunt called the president's comments "unhelpful and uncalled for."

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