**updated** the senate voted [roll call] today, thursday 28 june 2007, to reject the cloture motion (motion to invoke cloture) on S.1639. so now the bill is supposed to be all but dead. hmmm we'll see.====
excerpt:Jun 28, 6:16 PM (ET)
By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush's immigration plan to legalize as many as 12 million unlawful immigrants while fortifying the border collapsed in the Senate on Thursday, crushing both parties' hopes of addressing the volatile issue before the 2008 elections.
The Senate vote that drove a stake through the delicate compromise was a stinging setback for Bush, who had made reshaping immigration laws a central element of his domestic agenda. It could carry heavy political consequences for Republicans and Democrats, many of whom were eager to show they could act on a complex issue of great interest to the public.
"Legal immigration is one of the top concerns of the American people and Congress' failure to act on it is a disappointment," a grim-faced president said after an appearance in Newport, R.I. "A lot of us worked hard to see if we couldn't find common ground. It didn't work."
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., his party's lead negotiator, called the defeat "enormously disappointing for Congress and for the country." But, he added: "We will be back. This issue is not going away."
click here to read more====
----ORIGINAL POST----
drudge report archiveshere's how the united states senate voted tuesday 26 june 2007. the "yea" votes are those senators who are for illegal alien amnesty.
====
====
drudge report archives
====
====
