Senators battle for immigration pact
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Senate leaders battled to hold together a fragile compromise on an overhaul of the immigration system on Thursday as President George W. Bush, in an impassioned plea for the bill, insisted 12 million people could not be sent home.
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A Senate drive to approve homeland security legislation could lead to a clash with the White House over airport screeners and standardized drivers' licenses.
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A proposed immigration overhaul survived a stiff challenge Wednesday as the Senate turned back a Democrat's bid to emphasize reuniting families more than job skills for many foreigners seeking to move to the U.S.
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A group of Republican senators opposed to a sweeping immigration overhaul that would legalize millions of unlawful immigrants said on Thursday they were determined to torpedo the bill when the Senate resumes debate next week.
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A sharply divided Senate on Thursday threw into doubt the fate of the plan backed by President George W. Bush to revamp U.S. immigration laws.
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The Senate, eager to stanch the flow of illegal immigrants, signaled overwhelming support Monday for President Bush&#039;s plan to dispatch National Guard troops to states along the Mexican border.
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A bipartisan immigration bill narrowly survived a potentially fatal challenge on Wednesday when the Senate turned back a Republican bid to limit the illegal immigrants who could gain lawful status.
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The Senate moved toward a showdown vote Tuesday on giving 45,000 federal airport screeners the same collective bargaining rights that border patrol, immigration and customs agents have.
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The Senate heads for a make-or-break vote on Thursday on President George W. Bush's plan to overhaul immigration laws after Senate leaders battled to fend off efforts by opponents to derail the bill.
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As the U.S. Senate headed for a showdown vote on immigration, backers of a fragile compromise thwarted what they said on Wednesday was an effort to gut a provision to legalize millions of illegal immigrants and torpedo the bill.
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A fragile Senate coalition backing an embattled overhaul of the nation's immigration laws survived its first legislative test yesterday, beating back an effort to strip a guest-worker program from the immigration bill.
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Just off the Senate floor, a dozen Democratic and Republican senators huddle twice a day to decide whether proposed changes to a bipartisan immigration compromise are acceptable tweaks or fatal blows to their fragile agreement.
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The Senate&#039;s effort to curb illegal immigration involves the hiring of 14,000 Border Patrol agents, more detention centers to hold illegal immigrants and 370 miles of fencing. But those get-tough provisions aren&#039;t generating much support from a key GOP lawmaker in the House &amp;#151; at least not when combined with a provision that would allow millions of illegal immigrants already in the country a chance to become U.S. citizens.
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A bill that would toughen border   security while giving millions of illegal immigrants a chance   to earn U.S. citizenship cleared key test votes in the U.S.   Senate on Wednesday, setting the stage for passage this week   and a big battle with the House of Representatives.
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Key senators tentatively agreed on a plan to revive a stalled immigration bill on Thursday, aided by President Bush's support for a quick $4.4 billion aimed at "securing our borders and enforcing our laws at the work site."
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The Senate plan to provide illegal immigrants with a shot at citizenship probably is a deal-breaker that will prevent passage of a compromise on immigration overhaul, the House&#039;s lead negotiator said Sunday.
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A deal between the White House and House leaders to speed tax rebate checks to workers starting in May has the Senate in a bind over whether to try to add to the measure