Senate hands Bush major defeat on immigration
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President George W. Bush suffered a major defeat on his plan to overhaul immigration laws on Thursday when the Senate refused to close debate and advance the legislation.
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The stalemate between the House and Senate on immigration reform is riling US voters.
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The Senate voted on Tuesday to bring back President Bush's immigration reform bill from the dead, but any of the two dozen amendments now to be debated could kill the deal for this year.
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President Bush revived his call to loosen restrictions on immigrant workers Wednesday as a key House Republican moved in the opposite direction after losing a showdown with the White House in December.
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In a defeat for President George W. Bush, rebellious Republicans in the House of Representatives derailed legislation Saturday to overhaul US intelligence agencies along lines recommended by the Sept.
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US senators fail to proceed to an early vote on a landmark immigration bill, in effect scuppering the measure.
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Et tu, Mitch? For practical purposes, President Bush's domestic agenda was canceled at 11:22 yesterday morning when Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the Senate Republican leader, approached the front of the chamber to vote on the immigration legislation the president had championed. McConnell caught the...
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President Bush accused opponents of his proposed immigration measure of fear-mongering to defeat it in Congress, and took on his own conservative political base as he did so.
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President George W. Bush changed few minds on a bipartisan immigration overhaul on Tuesday at a rare luncheon meeting with Senate Republicans aimed at reviving the stalled legislation, lawmakers said.
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The 66-29 roll call by which the Senate on Thursday rejected an effort to bar millions of unlawful immigrants from gaining legal status and eventually citizenship as part of a broad immigration bill.
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US senators deal a severe blow to President Bush's immigration reform bill, probably killing its chances.
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The Senate voted Wednesday to slash the number of foreign workers who could come to the U.S. on temporary visas as part of a broad bipartisan immigration bill
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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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The U.S. Senate on Thursday gave   final approval to a bill for tough interrogation and   prosecution of terrorism suspects, as President George W. Bush   prevailed after a series of setbacks on his detainee policies.
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The most dramatic overhaul of the nation's immigration laws in a generation was crushed yesterday in the Senate, with the forces of the political right and left overwhelming a bipartisan compromise on one of the most difficult issues facing the country.
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MEXICO CITY, June 29 -- Latin America reacted with sharp disappointment Friday to the U.S. Senate's defeat of an immigration bill, a decision that Mexican President Felipe CalderÃÂ³n called "a grave error" and Salvadoran President ElÃÂ­as Antonio Saca said was "a pity."
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The US Senate on Tuesday voted to revive a bitterly divisive and sweeping immigration reform bill designed to offer 12 million illegal immigrants a path to citizenship.