With the Senate clearing an important procedural hurdle on immigration reform yesterday and prospects looking good for a strong bipartisan vote on final passage later this week, attention is moving to the House of Representatives. While the conventional wisdom among the commentariat is that the House will thwart immigration...
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This week, the Senate will vote on final passage on the Gang of 8 immigration bill, moving it one big step forward in the legislative process. Today, we held a live Google Hangout with Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ, one of the Gang of 8) and other immigration reform advocates...
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The Senate is just days away from voting on their bipartisan immigration bill and the House is poised to take up immigration in the coming weeks. Today, June 25th at 12:30pm EST, advocates and members of Congress are hosting a Google+ Hangout to update the progressive community on the...
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The final vote to pass the Gang of 8 immigration bill through the Senate is almost certain to come this week, and already many eyes are looking toward the House. With Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) indicating that he will not break the Hastert rule to pass the immigration bill,...
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Today the Senate cleared an important procedural hurdle. The cloture vote on the amendment sponsored by Senators Bob Corker (R-TN) and John Hoeven (R-ND) passed, by a 67-27 margin. A vote on passage of this amendment is now set to take place on Wednesday, followed by another crucial cloture...
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We’ve been writing about Kris Kobach for a long time. Kobach is (by day) the Kansas Secretary of State. But by night (and, apparently, also by day), he’s the architect who wrote the extremely anti-immigrant laws in Arizona and Alabama. He was Mitt Romney’s immigration adviser and a chief...
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Victory in the Senate Expected this Week, Challenge to the House Comes into Focus Today, the Senate begins a series of votes that will determine whether immigration reform will moves toward final passage. Should it pass as expected, the spotlight will turn to the House of Representatives to act...
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CBS News: Border security option may help immigration reform By Ken Malloy Washington Post: GOP’s divide on immigration best explained by two senators named Jeff By Ed O’Keefe Bloomberg: Immigration Bill Will Pass in Senate If Changes Avoided By Kathleen Hunter and Laura Litvan Arizona Republic: A crucial week...
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Immigration Keynote Panel Saturday, June 22, 2013 9 AM — 10: 15 AM PST Exhibit Hall 2, Netroots Nation, San Jose CA Featuring: Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) Markos Moulitsas Mandeep Chahal, DREAMer Luis Blue, SEIU Chuck Rocha, Latino PAC Ryan Grim, Huffington Post (moderator) Dolores...
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Jun 21, 2013
House and Senate State of Play, Corker-Hoeven Amendment, CBO Report Today, America’s Voice Education Fund alongside other immigration advocates and policy experts held the seventeenth in a series of weekly “Office Hours” press briefings. Moderated by Frank Sharry, Executive Director at America’s Voice Education Fund, today’s call featured Eliseo...
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