Senate takes on immigration

“The Senate on Monday agreed to consider a bill legalizing millions of illegal immigrants after supporters won a critical test vote and then turned to face a barrage of amendments that could unravel the compromise measure.

The bill cleared its first parliamentary hurdle when the Senate voted 69-23 to begin at least two weeks of debate, giving the White House and a bipartisan coalition of senators an opening victory in their push to overhaul the nations immigration system.”

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