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Senate Poised for DREAM Act Showdown Today

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Colin Powell Tells Moderate GOP to “Come Out,” Back DREAM ActThe DREAM Act is poised to reach the Senate floor today in what is shaping up as a dramatic political standoff between Republicans and Democrats. After almost a decade of activism, the bill must now survive a motion for cloture on the defense authorization bill that is scheduled for 2:15 p.m. ET.

Last week, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid sent a jolt through the immigration world when he announced he would be introducing the DREAM Act and a “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal as amendments to the $725 billion defense authorization bill. Before those issues can be taken up as separate amendments, the Senate must agree to close debate on the larger defense bill.

Republicans like Sens. John McCain, Orrin Hatch, and Mitch McConnell have promised to block that procedural step and thereby launch a filibuster the defense bill today. Last week, South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, a Republican who for decades carved out a professional reputation as a moderate, tag-teamed outrage with McCain on the Senate floor. They charge that Reid proposed the two bills in what everyone acknowledges is a political move to shore up Democrats’ support back in Nevada, where Reid faces a tough reelection campaign.

“[i]t makes no sense to me, Sen. McCain, for us to bring the defense authorization bill to the floor of the Senate at any time where you and I cannot offer an amendment about how you try a terrorist,” the Huffington Post reports Graham said last week. “I can’t offer those amendments. We’re going to be offering on the DREAM Act. The DREAM Act is a hot topic in the immigration world but not hot among our troops. I’ve been to Afghanistan and Iraq numerous times and I haven’t had one soldier ask me about the DREAM Act. Are they going to get paid more? Do they have the tools to win the war? I think this is politics at its worst. I stand here saying our party has probably abused rules in the past but not like this.”

The DREAM Act would provide hundreds of thousands of undocumented young people who’ve been raised in this country the opportunity to gain citizenship if they have a high school diploma and make a two-year commitment to the military or college. In order to qualify, a young person must have immigrated before the age of 16, have lived in the country for at least five years and have a clean criminal record.

After a week of round the clock activism, DREAM Act watchers still are not certain if the defense bill has 60 votes to pass cloture today; they are banking on at least 55 votes, but many are still up in the air. Yesterday, the Hill reported that five Democrats who have previously opposed the DREAM Act had yet to make up their mind on which way they’ll vote today.

Should DREAM Act activists prevail today on the cloture vote, another vote on the DREAM Act itself could happen as early as Wednesday or Thursday. Even in the best of circumstances, the DREAM Act likely would not be taken up again in earnest until after the November elections. Reid has said he plans to finish it during a lame duck session then, before this current Congress’ term is up in January.

For the DREAM Act, it’s an historic day full of much promise and anticipation. And yet, DREAM Act activists have been here before. Most recently, the bill was eight votes short of cloture in 2007, when Democrats helped kill it.

Source : http://colorlines.com/archives/2010/...dream_act.html
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Omg the wait is killing me but at the same I don't want to know yet. I would hate to hear a No =( can't believe my future depends on todays votes..........
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man those republicans are assholes, they attach shit to everything (real ID to a small business bill) and they bitch when someone else does it

sucks that LeFucks from florida walked away from this, idk why he just couldnt say no in the very beginning, less time wasted on that nut3

well lets hope that all the security shit reid tied to DA will help it pass
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