Below is the latest update on the events occurring in the Senate with a wrap up of amendments passed and those likely to be considered.
Debate will resume early today. The bi-partisan bill is currently on shaky ground as Republicans feel their amendments are not being allowed, and Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid (D-NV) is frustrated with the lengthy debate and might stall the issue in order to deal with other issues. You can watch the debate on CSPAN or live stream on line at http://www.cspan.org/
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- What Conservatives Should Like About the Immigration Bill
- Amnesty for the market
- Immigration Deal Under Threat in Senate
Immigration Update from Republican Leader Mitch McConnell’s office….
There will four roll call votes on amendments on Tuesday. Two additional amendments were offered yesterday, one by DeMint and one by Bingaman, and they are currently pending. This leaves us with 11 pending amendments at this point.
Sen. Reid filed cloture on the Kennedy/Specter substitute amendment on Tuesday. Keep in mind cloture is a three day process (you file on the first day, have an intervening day on the second day, and vote to invoke cloture on the third day). Thus, the cloture vote on the Kennedy/Specter substitute will occur at a time to be determined on Thursday.
On Wednesday the Senate convenes at 9:30 am and immediately begins consideration of the Immigration Bill. There will be 2 hours of debate and then we will have 2 stacked roll call votes on the Kennedy amendment and the Cornyn amdt #1184 (criminals). Note the Kennedy amendment is an alternative to the Cornyn amendment and it will be introduced on Wednesday morning.
Tuesday’s roll call votes and the list of pending amendments are below.
Tuesday Roll Call Votes (4)
- Allard #1189 (evaluation system for visas) was defeated 31-62
- Durbin #1231 (ensuring employers make efforts to recruit American workers) was agreed to 71-22
- McConnell #1170 (voter ID) was defeated 41-52
- Feingold #1176 (study on treatment of WWII refugees) was agreed to 67-26
Amendments pending to the bill (11)
- Cornyn #1184 (bar criminals, terrorist, and other criminals)
- Sessions #1234 (limitation on claiming earned income tax credit)
- Sessions #1235 (5 yr limitation on claiming earned income tax credit)
- Dodd #1199 (green cards for parents of US citizens)
- Menendez #1194 (family backlog deadlines)
- Lieberman #1191 (asylum and detention standards)
- Cornyn #1250 (mandatory disclosure of information)
- Obama #1202 (termination of merit based system)
- DeMint #1197 (health care coverage for holders of Z nonimmigrant visas)
- Bingaman #1267 (remove requirement that Y-1 visa holders leave the
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