Immigration bill faces crucial vote
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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 should wrap up work on a sweeping overhaul of U.S. immigration laws before July 4, but its odds of passage remain uncertain, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell says. President Bush's pledge to support $4.4 billion in additional border security funds has breathed new life into the bill, but critics of the legislation show no signs of quieting.
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Senators urging the passage of a bill that would legalize millions of illegal immigrants hope to revive bipartisan support for the embattled measure and push it to passage by week's end.
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Supporters of the immigration overhaul package, which failed to come up for a vote in the Senate last week, will try to resurrect the legislation.
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The vote would send the intelligence overhaul bill to the Senate, which is expected to pass it on Wednesday.
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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.
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The Virginia House of Delegates approved a bill yesterday to address illegal immigration. Other bills under consideration by the General Assembly would:
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The US Senate voted on Tuesday to resurrect a bitterly divisive immigration bill, but the last-ditch effort to offer legal status to 12 million illegal immigrants still faced huge obstacles.
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The US Congress Tuesday takes up a divisive bill balancing border security and the documentation of 12 million illegal aliens, in a make-or-break debate that could scuttle immigration reform until after the 2008 presidential election.
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An immigration reform bill that includes a proposed hike in the annual cap on H-1B visas was the subject of a hearing in the U.S. House. But it's unlikely that the bill will become law this year.
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The stalemate between the House and Senate on immigration reform is riling US voters.
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Legislation to overhaul the nation's immigration laws cleared a key hurdle yesterday when the Senate voted 64 to 35 to take up the measure again after a nearly three-week break. But opponents of the proposal insisted they would scuttle it by week's end.
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The House neared action Wednesday on requiring Americans to show proof of citizenship in order to vote, and the Senate moved to build a 700-mile fence along the Mexican border, sharpening attacks on illegal immigration before the midterm elections.
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Key elements of the bipartisan immigration measure that failed a crucial test vote in the Senate Thursday night:
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As Congress resumes work on the immigration bill, a point system will be at the heart of the debate.
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In the city, some 250,000 to 300,000 immigrants-turned-US citizens will vote Tuesday.
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Key senators and the White House are eager to push their bipartisan immigration deal through the Senate by Memorial Day, but as details of the bargain emerged Monday