Last night Majority Leader Reid (D-NV) pulled the immigration bill after the second failed cloture voter (test vote). Senator Harry Reid said that he pulled the vote because it was taking too long and stated Republicans were delaying, asking for more time for amendments.
Republican Senator Cornyn (R-TX) stated he was disappointed in Majority Leader Reid for cutting debate on such an important bill. Many Republican amendments were not considered and needed to address 5-6.major concerns. They could have struck a deal on limiting amendments but Leader Reid cut debate due to the failed cloture vote, which 11 Democrat Senators voted for, as they too wanted more time to debate the bill.
Here are some news articles to better understand the issue: (Also see details below)
Ø IMMIGRATION BILL WITHDRAWN [FOR NOW]
Ø Senate Immigration Bill Not Dead, but Not Moving, Either
Ø The Politics of Immigration (GREAT PIECE)
Ø Senate Immigration Collapses: Reflects Divide on What To Do With the 10-12 Mill Illegal
Below find the report from the Lanier Swann, the Policy Advisor for the Office of the Republican Leader, Senator Mitch McConnell. (thanks Lanier for all his hard work!)
Senate Immigration Update
Thursday the Senate conducted 4 roll call votes in relation to the Immigration Bill. After the failed cloture votes Thursday morning, Sen. Reid entered a motion to reconsider those votes. This procedure allowed Sen. Reid to bring the cloture vote back at any time and tonight we voted again on cloture on the Kennedy/Specter substitute amendment, which failed 45-50. Thursday evening after the 2nd failed cloture on the substitute amendment, Sen. Reid pulled the bill from the floor. The complete list of votes is below.
The Senate will be out of session on Friday. On Monday, the Senate returns and has two votes at 5:30 pm. The first vote will be on cloture on the motion to proceed to a resolution regarding the Attorney General and the second vote will be cloture on the motion to proceed to the Energy Bill.
Today’s Roll Call Votes
- Coburn #1311 (enforcement) was defeated 42-54
- Cloture on the Kennedy/Specter substitute amdt #1150 was defeated 33-63
- Cloture on the underlying bill S.1348 was defeated 34-61
- Cloture on the Kennedy/Specter substitute amdt #1150 was defeated 45-50
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