S.Aran, I seriously hope you're not trying to quote me as idiot of the week. All I said was that if CIR is not brought up for debate for this year I wouldn't be surprised if Durbin decided to wait for CIR to be brought up next year or whenever.

Notice I said "I wouldn't be surprised if..."

I think we've all experienced enough disappointment by now that it's hard not to think that way.

With that said, given the chance, I know that the Dream Act can be passed into law this year if and when Durbin decide to push for it. Also, even though it's not worth much at this point, Obama did say that the Dream Act was something that he thought should be passed immediately.