Thursday, June 27, 2013

Senate poised to pass sweeping immigration legislation


WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Democratic-led Senate will vote at 4 p.m. EDT on Thursday on its landmark immigration bill, Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid announced.


The White House-backed measure is expected to win strong bipartisan approval, and then go to the Republican-led House, which plans to draft its own bill, one without the Senate‘s proposed pathway to citizenship for millions of undocumented immigrants.


(Reporting By Thomas Ferraro; Editing by Sandra Maler)




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Senate poised to pass sweeping immigration legislation

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