The issue contributed to the failure of the last serious attempt at immigration reform in 2007, and Schumer and Graham sought to head off such an outcome this time around by asking chamber President Tom Donohue and AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka to work together.

WSJ: Business, labor still at odds on temporary workers

Which may be why Mr Hemming's point of order on super-injunctions this week was twice cut off by the Speaker - who said he would discuss it in private, but not in the Chamber.

BBC: Parliamentary privilege, MPs and super-injunctions

The EPA pulled off the feat by sharply increasing the amount of oxygen-poor exhaust that is recirculated into the combustion chamber and increasing the pressure of the fuel being forced into the cylinder.

FORBES: EPA, Inc.