Seriously some of you guys are giving up before the debate even starts. In all likelihood, the Dream Act or CIR will be debated in this congressional session. Just take a look at the actual article:
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But the mood on Capitol Hill could be different.
Jim Manley, senior communications adviser for Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nevada, tells CNN that the majority leader "intends to try to take comprehensive immigration reform to the floor later this year, probably in the fall."
The situation in the House is trickier. A vote on the hot-button issue could hurt freshman Democrats who were elected in swing districts. But House Democrats were presented with compelling evidence that voters want to see them trying to fix the immigration system. During the House Democrats' February retreat, Pete Brodnitz, who works for the same firm that does polling for the president, argued that Democratic House members should promote their own immigration reform plans.
"The downturn in the economy has not weakened the case for comprehensive reform and has the potential to strengthen the case for it," Brodnitz said. He added that Democrats must take a lead because "the problem won't go away as long as the GOP continues to raise it" and that since Democrats run Congress and the White House, that "makes us increasingly accountable for results."
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Senate Majority Leader Reid is up for re-election in 2010 and needs the Hispanic vote to win. To do that, he needs to show the folks back home a CIR win or something immigration related, e.g. the Dream Act.
And if you look at the press briefing question:
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[Q Robert, we know the President is expected to take up -- start looking at immigration reform in the next couple of months, May, June. How hard is the President willing to push to try to keep some, if not all, of these 12 million illegal immigrants in this country here illegally?
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Dream will be debated as a stand alone or as an attachment because it's a priority of the President, House Chairs, Senate Majority Leader, and Senate Majority Whip. President Obama will decide if he wants to go with full CIR or if it's not politically feasible this session, he'll go with the Dream Act. No matter how cynical you want to get, Obama does care and Obama does know how the Hispanic vote helped him out tremendously in 2008.
Try reading between the lines before freaking out.
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