Immigration bill survives major challenge
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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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Los Angeles Times - WASHINGTON &#8212; A bill aimed at blocking states from issuing driver's licenses to illegal immigrants appeared headed for passage today in the House of Representatives, aided by a strong endorsement from the White House and broad support within the Republican majority.
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To win over the holdouts in her own party, Nancy Pelosi may break the immigration bill into pieces
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A broad immigration bill to legalize millions of people in the U.S. unlawfully failed a crucial test vote in the Senate Thursday, a stunning setback that could spell its defeat for the year.
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A White House-backed bill to revamp immigration laws stalled in the Senate on Thursday, handing President George W. Bush a major legislative setback.
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The authors of a comprehensive immigration bill said today that they would try to resuscitate the measure, which stalled Thursday.
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U.S. Senate leaders battled to hold together a fragile immigration compromise 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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The 50-45 roll call Thursday by which the Senate voted against cutting off debate on an immigration compromise bill and advancing the bill. Sixty votes were needed for approval of the motion.
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US Senate leaders agree to revive debate on a controversial immigration bill after it stalled last week.
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Gov. Bill Richardson, Democrat of New Mexico, has weathered the crosscurrents of the immigration battle.
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A White House-backed bill revamping U.S. immigration laws stalled in the U.S. Senate on Thursday, handing President George W. Bush a major legislative setback.
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House Republicans seeking to build a pre-election record for getting tough on illegal immigration plan a new vote Thursday on a border fence proposal that won House approval last December.
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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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Supporters of immigration reform launched new talks to save their tattered bill yesterday, with the chief architects of the bipartisan compromise confident that they could resurrect it -- even as recriminations flew over its stunning collapse.
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The day after the Senate failed to move on a proposal for a broad change in immigration law, it was a time to take stock of the debate.
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The Senate resurrected the immigration bill that could legalize millions of unlawful immigrants Tuesday, but the delicate compromise faces the same threats that derailed it earlier this month.
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The U.S. Senate on Tuesday voted to revive a stalled immigration overhaul backed by President George W. Bush that would offer a path to citizenship to millions of illegal immigrants.