Immigration Reform ... Dead Again
Jeff Sessions is dancing a jig. Note that in this excerpt and indeed the entire article, the term "filibuster" never shows up:
However, supporters needed 60 votes in the 100-member Senate to keep the bill alive. Aligned against it were conservatives who derided the legislation as a grant of amnesty for illegal behavior and some Democrats who said it would leave a new group of temporary workers vulnerable to exploitation.Update, check out this quote:
The tally is a turnaround of 18 votes from two days earlier. Six Democrats and 12 Republicans changed their votes to no from a Tuesday vote that allowed the Senate to take up amendments on the bill.Care to guess what the lede will be in the media? How about: "Democrats Fail to Pass Immigration" or "Democrats Block Immigration Reform".
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