Next week: Senate starts immigration debate
by Susan Ferrechio | Feb 10, 2018, 9:00 AM
Senators next week will take up the nearly impossible task of finding the votes to pass a bill that protects younger illegal immigrants from deportation while improving border security and reforming the nation’s immigration policies.
There is no guarantee Senate lawmakers can pass any immigration reform bill, given the partisan differences, but Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, fulfilling a promise he made to both parties last month, plans to give lawmakers a shot at it.
McConnell scheduled a vote Monday on a revenue bill that would serve as a legislative vehicle for an immigration proposal that can win 60 votes, which is the requisite number needed to advance legislation and end debate on it. But the substance of the immigration bill is up in the air.
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