Sep 23, 2010
For many, the Senate's failure to pass the DREAM Act was disappointing but not surprising. Activists said the vote proved which lawmakers are standing in their way.
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The history of the DREAM Act has been marked by high hopes and wrenching defeats. In the eyes of immigrant rights advocates, it's inexplicable why a bill aimed at helping college students and young military personnel get their immigration papers could face such stiff resistance.
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President Obama suggested that he would not pursue reforms to the immigration system through regulations or other administrative policies.
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House Republicans will finally unveil a new governing agenda Thursday morning. But it includes little that hasn't already appeared in numerous Republican leadership talking points over the past two years.
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Stephen Colbert, political satirist and coiner of the word "truthiness," will testify Friday at a House hearing on an agricultural jobs bill, a spokesman for the panel said Wednesday afternoon.
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Yesterday, Senate Republicans succeeded in blocking the DREAM Act from coming up for a vote. Watch this quick video we shot in DC yesterday, right after the vote.
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Representative Brian Bilbray (R-CA), who chairs the House Immigration Reform Caucus, wrote an anti-DREAM Act screed in The Hill that takes anti-immigrant politicking to a new and dangerous low.
In the essay, "Something to consider before casting a vote for the DREAM Act," Bilbray noted the horrible massacre of 72...
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It was an emotional day for everyone, but as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said on the floor of the Senate yesterday, "it is not a matter of if we pass the DREAM Act, but when." Illinois Senator Dick Durbin said yesterday that the DREAM Act is now his...
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The Spanish-language press devotes much of its coverage today to the setback suffered yesterday for the DREAM Act after the Senate was unable to pass a motion to debate the Defense appropriations bill to which Democrats planned to add the DREAM Act as an amendment.
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Stay in school. Work hard. Make good grades. If you do those things, you can go to college and earn a good living. All over America, teachers repeat that mantra in their classrooms. Parents say it, too. So do coaches, bus drivers and Boy Scout leaders.
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