Thursday, June 27, 2013

Senate passes sweeping immigration legislation ~via @reuters

http://reut.rs/15JAQWd  ~via @reuters 
WASHINGTON | Thu Jun 27, 2013 5:46pm EDT


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U.S. Senators (L-R) Richard Durbin (D-IL), John McCain (R-AZ) and Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speak to the media after the Senate passed the immigration bill on Capitol Hill in Washington June 27, 2013. REUTERS-Yuri Gripas
U.S. Senators (L-R) Richard Durbin (D-IL), John McCain (R-AZ) and Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speak to the media after the Senate passed the immigration bill on Capitol Hill in Washington June 27, 2013.
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Guadalupe Rojas, 12, (C) listens to speakers at a 24-hour vigil calling on Congress to pass immigration reform in Los Angeles, June 27, 2013. REUTERS-Lucy Nicholson
Guadalupe Rojas, 12, (C) listens to speakers at a 24-hour vigil calling on Congress to pass immigration reform in Los Angeles, June 27, 2013.
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Diana Mendez (2nd L), 39, shelters from the sun at a 24-hour vigil calling on Congress to pass immigration reform in Los Angeles, June 27, 2013.
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A girl wears a "Don't Deport My Mom t-shirt" as she joins immigrants and activists, led by Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and CASA, as they chant and march to urge congress to act on immigration reform, on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 26, 2013.
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A man stands next to posters stuck on the Federal Building at a 24-hour vigil calling on Congress to pass immigration reform in Los Angeles, June 27, 2013. REUTERS-Lucy Nicholson
A man stands next to posters stuck on the Federal Building at a 24-hour vigil calling on Congress to pass immigration reform in Los Angeles, June 27, 2013.

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By Richard Cowan and Thomas Ferraro
WASHINGTON Thu Jun 27, 2013 5:46pm EDT

(Reuters) - The Senate approved a landmark immigration bill on Thursday that would provide millions of undocumented immigrants a chance to become citizens but the leader of the House of Representatives said the measure was dead on arrival in the House.

In a rare show of bi-partisanship, the Democratic-controlled Senate passed the bill by a vote of 68-32, with 14 of the Senate's 46 Republicans joining all 52 Democrats and two independents in support of the bill.

A packed gallery of supporters, who have labored decades for such a moment, witnessed the vote, which came after three weeks of sometimes heated debate.

They were fully aware that hours before the vote, House Speaker John Boehner reiterated that Republicans would "do our own bill," one that "reflects the will of our majority," many of whom oppose citizenship for immigrants who are in the United States illegally.

While a combined vote of House Democrats and Republicans could conceivably team up to pass the measure, Boehner repeated that he would not allow consideration of any measure that does not have the support of most of the House's 234 Republicans.

That position may make it impossible to pass a comprehensive immigration bill in this Congress, a top priority of Democratic President Barack Obama.

(Additional reporting by Rachelle Younglai; Editing by Fred Barbash, Cynthia Osterman and Bill Trott)

Comment: This Immigration Legislation looks like it is DOA (Dead On Arrival) into the House of Reps. #AmnestyNow


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