Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s initial attempt to grant back-door amnesty to children of illegal immigrants went down to defeat this afternoon as a motion to invoke cloture failed in the Senate by a vote of 56-43. Sixty votes were needed to end debate and proceed to SB 3454, the Defense Department reauthorization bill.
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Wrapping up two controversial issues into the defense bill at a time when the Democratic leadership isn’t exactly at it’s strongest probably wasn’t the best strategy. The defense bill failed to get the 60 votes need for cloture by a vote of 56-43.
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“No fair!” Rep. Ed Royce, R-Calif., said of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s plan to add the DREAM Act to a Defense reauthorization bill and bring it to the Senate floor for a vote early next week.
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