For those of you who said that reconciliation can't be used to pass immigration bills, lol
https://www.yahoo.com/news/senate-de...015250282.html
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What we're hearing: If the measures fail to get the 10 Republican votes needed to meet the 60-vote Senate threshold, some Democrats hope to tack them on to whatever infrastructure and economic recovery package evolves this spring.
- Top Senate Democrats have already signaled they plan to use the reconciliation process to pass Biden's mammoth infrastructure bill, which would allow it to pass via simple majority vote.
- Democratic lawmakers want to piggyback on the process by adding their immigration provisions.
- Democrats are also planning to use reconciliation to usher in a bill that would provide a pathway to citizenship for unauthorized immigrant essential workers, such as was recently introduced by Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas).
- “Essential workers risked their lives and delivered for all Americans during this pandemic,” Castro told Axios in a statement. “It’s up to Congress to deliver a path to citizenship as part of our nation’s economic recovery.”
Between the lines: Democrats and immigration advocates hope they can get 10 Republicans to possibly pass a pathway to citizenship for Dreamers, TPS holders and farmworkers as those bills have received some bipartisan support in the past.
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