Yesterday we celebrated the historic passage of the DREAM Act in the House of Representatives. Now, advocates are turning up the heat on the Senate -- there is a first vote in less than an hour, and advocates should keep calling: 866-996-516.
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Dec 8, 2010
It's on, folks. The DREAM Act is slated to be voted on in both chambers of government today, and we're expecting a close vote in the House. Yesterday, DREAM backers delivered giant checks (for $2.3 billion) to Congress and continued to ramp up their contact with key Senate votes...
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Late this evening, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer announced that the House will take up the American DREAM Act on Wednesday, December 8th. Following is a statement from Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America's Voice: "The news that the House of Representatives will hold a vote on the...
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Today, a group of DREAM act youth and supporters arrived on Capitol Hill with giant checks to give out to lawmakers. Based on the Congressional Budget Office's report late last week, passing the DREAM Act would create $2.3 billion over the next 10 years in revenue and slash the...
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It's official. Reid filed cloture on the DREAM Act yesterday, and the Senate is scheduled to vote tomorrow. The House is also likely to vote tomorrow on DREAM, so supporters should make calls to both the House and Senate all day today and early tomorrow -- every call counts:...
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The Spanish-language press reports today on the period before votes are scheduled in both houses of Congress on the DREAM Act, a bill which would legalize undocumented young people who wish to attend college or serve in the armed forces.
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Even as the House readies for a DREAM vote this week, Mike Lillis' latest piece on DREAM in The Hill paints a stark picture of the challenges the DREAM Act faces to garner conservative backers in the Senate. Lillis describes Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison's recent complaints about the bill:
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Today, Ohio Evangelical leaders came together to show their support for a talented young DREAM Act - elible man currently at risk of deportation. His name is Bernard Pastor, and he has been in detention for weeks now, as members of his church, school, and community rally their voices...
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The fringe anti-immigration group ALIPAC is back at it this week. Their President, William Gheen, went on Fox News recently to claim that the Dream Act was a "political teddy bear with a hand grenade in it." Wow. As usual, extreme groups are making extreme statements with little basis...
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Just three months ago, in late September, immigration advocates and supporters saw Republican leaders in the Senate using the DREAM Act as an excuse not to pass the Defense Authorization Bill, an important piece of legislation that is primarily intended to set the policy for the Defense Department, despite...
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