The U.S. Senate will vote on the DREAM Act Saturday morning. Last night, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid put the DREAM Act on the Senate floor and filed cloture on the bill, setting up a Saturday vote that will determine whether the DREAM Act becomes law this year,...
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America's Voice, Center for American Progress Action Fund and the American Immigration Lawyers Association released the first in a series of ads today in Roll Call urging Senate Republicans to do the right thing and vote for the DREAM Act. Today's ad juxtaposes the story of Cesar...
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As the DREAM Act moves toward Senate action this month, a number of Republican senators are raising excuse after excuse to try to avoid a vote on the bill. But a growing number of political analysts and religious leaders are pointing out the shortsightedness of Republican opposition to...
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As the U.S. Senate prepares to take up the DREAM Act this month, pressure is building on Senate Republicans to do the right thing and help the bill become law. With a majority of Democratic senators supporting the bill, the only thing standing in the way of passing...
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As the U.S. Senate prepares to take up the DREAM Act as soon as this week, pressure is building on Senate Republicans to support the bill – because it's the right thing to do for the country and the right thing to do for the party.
In an important development...
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Following the historic, bipartisan, 216-198 passage of the DREAM Act in the U.S. House of Representatives, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid set the stage for a vote on the same bill in the U.S. Senate. On Thursday, he moved to table the Senate version of DREAM so that...
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As the House-passed version of the DREAM Act moves toward a Senate vote as early as next week, new polling shows the bill's popularity among the American people, and underscores the importance of its passage. A new Gallup poll finds that 54 percent of Americans support the...
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With support from a majority of the Florida congressional delegation, lead by Congressman Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R), the DREAM Act passed the House of Representatives in an historic, bipartisan vote last night. Now, the bill moves to the U.S. Senate, where Sens. George LeMieux (R-FL) and Bill Nelson...
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