Senate makes new try for immigration bill
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Key vote expected Friday, but many senators are barred from adding amendments.
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Senators are betting the U.S. would benefit from giving most illegal immigrants the chance to become American citizens &amp;#151; highlighting their resolve to pass a landmark immigration overhaul.
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Conservative Republican senators and a handful of Democrats are trying to put a final knife in President Bush's plan for legalizing millions of unlawful immigrants.
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The Senate is taking up a bill that would erect a fence on one-third of the US-Mexico border.
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The Senate voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to limit debate on election-year immigration legislation, clearing the way for final passage later this week of a bill that calls for tougher border security as well as an eventual chance at citizenship for millions of men and women in the country illegally.
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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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The Senate Wednesday took up a bill to erect a fence along one-third of the U.S.-Mexico border as GOP leaders conceded that efforts to enact a comprehensive immigration reform law are dead for the year.
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A controversial immigration bill suffers a setback in the US Senate, as a bipartisan deal threatens to unravel.
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Efforts to limit or scrap a temporary worker program will provide the first test of a wide-ranging immigration bill, as lawmakers began tackling a long list of proposed amendments
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A dispute over how heavily to weigh family ties in future immigration is re-emerging as the Senate resumes debate this week over legislation giving legal status to millions of unlawful immigrants.
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Backers of a broad U.S. immigration overhaul on Friday began efforts to revive the stalled bipartisan package in the U.S. Senate amid partisan bickering over who is to blame for the bill's failure.
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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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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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A sweeping overhaul of U.S.   immigration law cleared a test vote in the Senate on Wednesday,   setting the stage for passage this week and a bruising battle   with the U.S. House of Representatives.
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Senate leaders vowed Thursday night to revive stalled immigration legislation as soon as next week, capping a furious rescue attempt led by President Bush.
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As Congress reconvenes this week, businesses and their lobbyists are gearing up to fight a series of proposed changes to immigration law that they say will complicate hiring.
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A bill authorizing construction of a   fence along the U.S. border with Mexico advanced in the U.S.   Senate on Thursday as Republican backers pushed to get an   immigration measure to President George W. Bush desk before the   November 7 elections.