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(CNN) - New polls in three southern states with crucial Senate contests this year indicate that Democrats remain very competitive as they try to keep control of the chamber.
But another new survey suggests that Republicans nationwide have a ten point advantage over Democrats when it comes to voter enthusiasm.
According to NBC News/Marist polls released Monday, the Democratic incumbent in Arkansas currently enjoys a double-digit lead over his GOP challenger, while Democratic candidates in Georgia and Kentucky are tied up with the GOP as they try to turn red seats blue. Those two states are, as of now, the only places where Democrats hope to go on offense in the battle for the Senate.
Overall, the Democrats hold a 55-45 majority in the Senate (including two independents who caucus with the party). But the party's defending 21 of the 36 seats in play this November, with half of those Democratic-held seats in red or purple states.
And one of those states is Arkansas, where two-term Democratic Sen. Mark Pryor faces a difficult re-election this year. But by a 51%-40% margin among registered voters, Pryor leads first-term Rep. Tom Cotton, the all-but-certain Republican challenger. The new survey's in line with a recent New York Times Upshot/Kaiser Family Foundation poll that indicated Pryor with a ten-percentage point lead. Other recent polls also put Pryor ahead of Cotton.
Pryor's 11-point lead comes despite President Barack Obama's poor approval rating in Arkansas (34%) and the unpopularity of the federal health care law. By a more than two-to-one-margin Arkansas voters strongly say the health care law's a bad idea (49%) rather than a good idea (22%).
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"So far, Senator Pryor has staved off Cotton's challenge," says Dr. Lee M. Miringoff, director of the Marist College Institute for Public Opinion. "Holding this seat is no easy task for a Democrat with President Obama's approval rating at 33% in the state."
The poll indicates Pryor grabbing the support of 32% of those who give Obama a thumbs down. Also helping Pryor: Arkansas voters have a more positive view of the incumbent (50%-35% favorable/unfavorable rating) than Cotton (38%-39%).
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President Obama says the window for passing immigration reform legislation is rapidly closing as midterm elections approach. Will he go it alone if the House doesn't pick up the ball?
President Obama said Tuesday he is still holding out hope that Congress will find time to pass some form of immigration reform before politicians become completely consumed with the upcoming midterm elections.
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"We've got this narrow window. The closer we get to the midterm elections, the harder it is to get things done around here," Mr. Obama said at a White House meeting of top law enforcement officials, Reuters reported. "We've got maybe a window ... of two, three months to get the ball rolling in the House of Representatives.
The president reiterated that he would be willing to accept a compromise as long as the bill that reaches his desk affords some path to citizenship.
The Senate passed immigration legislation 11 months ago with bipartisan support, but the House has yet to introduce a corresponding bill.
House Speaker John Boehner has chided fellow Republicans for not taking action on the issue.
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(Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune) Jean Hill, government liaison for the Catholic Diocese of Salt Lake City, is joined by other area business leaders as she talks during a rally calling for Congress to enact immigration reform. The group of leaders held a press conference at the State Capitol in Salt Lake City, one of six press conferences happening at the same time in six Western states Tuesday, May 13, 2014.
Many immigration-reform rallies have crowds of immigrants pleading for a path to citizenship. A rally Tuesday at the state Capitol presented a different view, featuring business executives, big-name politicians, top clergy and law-enforcement officers.
But their message was the same: Congress should pass reform this summer, and it should include "creating a road to lawful status and citizenship" for undocumented immigrants.
"For too long, Congress has kicked the immigration can down the road," said Lane Beattie, president of the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce. "This is the time to act on immigration reform, not next year or after the next election."
Similar rallies Tuesday in Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada and New Mexico urged House members from Rocky Mountain states to act on Senate-passed reform, and use solutions from the region to guide debate including the Utah Compact for civil dialogue, keeping families together and recognizing immigrants economic role.
"If conservatives would just reflect on those principles within the Utah Compact, they would be much more comfortable at handling comprehensive immigration reform," said Paul Mero, president of the conservative Sutherland Institute.
In Washington, President Barack Obama met with law-enforcement officials including former Salt Lake County Sheriff Aaron Kennard, now executive director of the National Sheriffs Association ,and Utah Department of Public Safety Commissioner Keith Squires to press for congressional action on immigration reform.
Speakers at the Utah rally spoke about how reform is needed to increase legal immigration quotas that local high-tech companies need to bring in talent; calm tension that worries police; and fulfill a moral obligation to help families.
"We have a serious talent shortage here in the state" among high-tech companies," said Richard Nelson, President & CEO of the Utah Technology Council. "Literally thousands of open positions are going unfilled in the range of $40,000 to $140,000 per job."
He said that make it difficult for local companies to expand and create more jobs. Todd Bingham, president of the Utah Manufacturers Association, made a similar argument.
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