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Three of the U.S. Senates most vulnerable Democrats in this years midterm elections are urging President Barack Obama against immediately proceeding with executive orders to revise U.S. immigration policy.

Senator Mark Begich of Alaska says Obamas priority should be border security, while Kay Hagan of North Carolina and Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire say Obama should not act unilaterally on immigration even though the Republican-led House is unlikely to take up the issue on its own.

The Democrat-led Senate last year passed a bipartisan bill to create a path to legalization for undocumented immigrants.

I am extremely disappointed that the House has stalled on comprehensive immigration reform, but this is an issue that I believe should be addressed legislatively and not through executive order, Hagan said in a statement.

Obama said yesterday that hell announce soon his executive action on immigration, further muddying an administration timeline thats been a source of friction with Democrats like Hagan, Shaheen and Begich who are up for re-election in closely contested races. North Carolina and Alaska are rated tossups by the nonpartisan Cook Political Report, while the New Hampshire race leans Democratic.

Obama said his goals are to put more resources into border enforcement, encourage legal immigration and give undocumented immigrants whove been in the U.S. for an extended period a path to legal status so they can pay taxes. He said he has begun to receive some of the recommendations he sought from his cabinet members on actions he can take unilaterally.

Republicans need a net gain of six seats to take control of the 100-member Senate. While action by Obama would energize Hispanic voters for Democratic candidates, polls in some battleground states indicate the prospect of an executive order may spur Republican turnout.

After House Republicans made clear they wouldnt bring immigration legislation up for a vote, Obama said in June he wanted the recommendations from Attorney General Eric Holder and Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson before the end of summer and that he would act without further delay.

Shaheen also issued a statement saying that she would not support a piecemeal approach issued by executive order. She said she believes that House Republicans should pass the bipartisan reform bill the Senate cleared last year.

Begich said in an e-mail that securing our borders has to be the priority, and that should be the presidents focus.

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Washington When an election is just two months away, its not unusual for the state of the economy as measured by the Labor Departments monthly job numbers to be taken as an important straw in the wind.

This time around, though, headlines stating that the economy gained just 142,000 jobs in August, well below forecasters' expectations, may not represent much of a setback for Democrats seeking to retain control of the Senate.

Yes, the headline is negative about the economy and on balance, that stands to hurt the congressional-election chances of the party controlling the White House.

But several forces serve to play down the opportunity for Republicans to gain momentum on a message that Democrats have mismanaged the economy.

Polling evidence suggests the economy isnt as big a factor in this election as it was in the past few cycles. Its still the top priority, but at a lower level of intensity. The share of Americans mentioning an economic issue as the nations most important problem has dropped from 86 percent early in 2009 to 38 percent this August, according to Gallup. That leaves more room for other factors local issues, perceptions of personal character to be decisive.

Also, the American electorate is fairly hardened in its views of the political parties and their economic performance. Most people who will turn out for Nov. 4 midterm elections essentially know which party theyll be voting for.

The role of swing voters is limited. Yes, its possible that some Senate races may hinge on which way the undecided voters break, not just on which party can turn out more of its solid base. But even there, political independents were hardly feeling sanguine about the economy before Friday. So its far from clear that a disappointing month for jobs gives Republicans new leverage against Democrats.

In short, the weaknesses of the economy are now an old and familiar story for members of both parties and those in between.

Today we learned the U.S. labor force shrank by 64k ... in August and that we have the worst labor force participation rate in decades, Ed Gillespie, a Republican seeking a Virginia seat in the US Senate, said on Twitter Friday morning.

He was reminding his followers of longstanding trends.

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