Reid ‘Very Open To Working With’ Rubio On DREAM Act, Aide Says

A Senate Democratic aide tells TPM that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) would be happy to work with Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) on his scaled-back DREAM Act, which he is preparing to release.

“Senator Reid is very open to working with Senator Rubio on immigration reform but as he said yesterday, we need to see a bill,” the aide said Monday. ”Senator Rubio’s problem isn’t the Senate. Senate leadership are ready to work with Senator Rubio to move forward on immigration reform. The question is, ‘are John Boehner and Lamar Smith willing to do this’?”

As Reid did on Sunday, Sens. Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Chuck Schumer (D-NY), the No. 2 and No. 3 Democrats, have also indicated they’d be willing to work with Rubio on his DREAM Act alternative, but want to see legislative language.

The Republican senator is angling to blame Dems for the likely failure of his proposal.

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Rubio is gonna burn badly on this one. Especially if it was just lip service. Welcome to the big leagues, junior.

Cool.

I like this comment.

Oh, it's going to be presented alright. Our concern should be on the house.

It seems like sure pass in Senate so let's push for the House.

How long until the presidential debates start?

If I remember correctly, its after August. Even though Romney is the nominee, it isn't official until after the convention or till he gets the 1144 delegates needed to become the nominee (somebody correct me if I'm wrong).

If that's the case, we have a little over 2 months left for Rubio's imaginary Dream Act!!!
How the heck are they gonna pull this off??

They pulled it off in a small lame duck session in a week. This is plenty of time.