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Littwin: Lame ducks prove they're not just bunch of quacks - Denver Post


Littwin: Lame ducks prove they're not just bunch of quacks
Denver Post
On the same day DADT won, the DREAM Act lost — because it got only 55 votes, which is the modern-day Senate's version of losing. What this proved was that ...

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House of Dreams - Philadelphia Inquirer


House of Dreams
Philadelphia Inquirer
It has been seen generally as a sop to anti-immigration forces while the president jockeys for reforms such as the Dream Act, which died Saturday in the ...

The DREAM Act; the stimulus vs. a payroll-tax holiday; the return of the ... - Los Angeles Times


The DREAM Act; the stimulus vs. a payroll-tax holiday; the return of the ...
Los Angeles Times
It is no surprise the Republican Party has broken off its tepid seduction of Latino voters by opposing the DREAM Act. In the starkest of terms, ...

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Redistricting California - Los Angeles Times


Redistricting California
Los Angeles Times
This month, 18 of the state's 20 Republican members of Congress who were present voted against the DREAM Act, which would enable immigrants brought here ...

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Dream Act's defeat marks tilt to enforcement - San Diego Union Tribune


Dream Act's defeat marks tilt to enforcement
San Diego Union Tribune
/ AP Undocumented college students and supporters watch the Senate's cloture vote on the Dream Act at the UCLA Downtown Labor Center ...

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Win-win? - St. Louis Post-Dispatch


Win-win?
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
... repeals the don't ask, don't tell policy banning gays in the military; and enacts the DREAM Act for children of undocumented immigrants raised here. ...

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AP Top News at 12:55 am EST - KMPH Fox 26


AP Top News at 12:55 am EST
KMPH Fox 26
Sponsors of the Dream Act fell five votes short of the 60 they needed to break through largely GOP opposition and win its enactment before Republicans take ...

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Senate votes, passes repeal to end 'Don't ask, don't tell' - Evansville Courier & Press


Senate votes, passes repeal to end 'Don't ask, don't tell'
Evansville Courier & Press
In another Saturday vote, consideration of the DREAM Act, sponsored by Lugar, was blocked when proponents failed to break a Republican-led filibuster. ...

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The Caucus: Sunday Breakfast Menu, Dec. 19 - New York Times (blog)


The Caucus: Sunday Breakfast Menu, Dec. 19
New York Times (blog)
Univison's “Al Punto” focuses on the Dream Act, which failed to advance in the Senate on Saturday. Guests include Enrique Peña Nieto, a governor in Mexico, ...

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