Jun 28, 2013
With immigration reform having passed the Senate with a strong bipartisan vote, attention is now focused on the House of Representatives. Pundits are immediately jumping to the question, “how will immigration reform pass the House?” However, an equally important question is “what happens if the House blocks immigration reform?”...
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Immigration reform advocates won a big victory yesterday, when the Senate passed the Gang of 8 immigration bill in a 68-32 vote. Check out the list of the great things we won in the bill here. But we need to be clear: immigration reform has NOT yet passed. The Senate bill...
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National Journal: Historic Immigration Overhaul Clears Senate By Fawn Johnson Denver Post: Senate immigration bill may face trouble in House By Allison Sherry News Gnomes: Senate passes its major immigration overhaul By Richard Fausset Associated Press: Immigration overhaul: Senate passes historic bill By David Espo and Erica Werner New...
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Jun 27, 2013
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Are you looking for Resources on S. 744: Senate Immigration Bill? This week, the Senate passed a landmark immigration reform bill by a 68-32 vote. Immigration reform is NOT yet a done deal–we now have to fight to pass immigration reform through the House of Representatives, then conference the...
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Update: And the bill passes out of the Senate 68-32! FINAL VOTE WILL HAPPEN AT 4 PM EST. Watch live here. It’s VERY important that you tweet and call your Senators! TWEET AT YOUR SENATORS CALL YOUR SENATORS: (866) 961-4293
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Huge victory sets up battle in the House–and for the future of the GOP…
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The following is a press statement from VoteVets: With immigration reform legislation set for final passage in the U.S. Senate, all facets of the immigrant community are standing together and speaking up in support of reform and calling on the House to follow the Senate’s example. Today, VoteVets hosted...
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Today’s Senate vote is a really, really big deal. It’s the vote for final passage out of the Senate–a major step toward a bill becoming law. And, given the dysfunction in Congress, that doesn’t happen very often these days. We’re expecting to win by a solid margin: every Democratic...
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