USA Today/ Gannet: Odd alliance could be key to deal on immigration bill By Mary Orndorff Troyan The Arizona Republic: McCain, Flake hopeful about bill’s effect By Dan Nowicki The Atlantic: Are Liberals Turning on Immigration Reform? By Molly Ball New York Times: Varied Alliance to Press House on...
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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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Cross-posted at Latino Decisions, Latino Vote Matters, and Daily Kos: On Thursday June 27, the U.S. Senate voted 68 – 32 to pass comprehensive immigration reform that included significant border security components, as well as a path to legal status and eventually citizenship for millions of undocumented immigrants in...
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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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Huge Victory Sets Up Battle in the House – and for the Future of the GOP Below is a statement by Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America’s Voice: Immigration reform with a path to citizenship is an idea whose time has come. Today a strong majority in the Senate...
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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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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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