DREAM Act Dies in the Senate

Republicans block DREAM Act from advancing in Senate
The Senate failed to overcome a Republican Filibuster of the DREAM Act on Saturday, giving a setback to a major policy issue of Democrats, Latinos and Immigration Reform supporters. The DREAM Act would give Illegal Immigrants who came to the country at a young age, lived here for at least five years, graduated from High School and attended college or served in the Military a pathway toward Citizenship. By a 55-41 vote, it was five votes short of the 60 it needed to advance. In the end, three Rep...

Youth immigration bill falls five votes short of passage
WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans yesterday doomed an effort that would have given hundreds of thousands of young Illegal Immigrants a path to legal status if they enrolled in college or joined the Military. Sponsors of the DREAM Act fell five votes short of the 60 they needed to break through largely GOP opposition and win its enactment before Republicans take over the House and narrow Democrats’ majority in the Senate next month. President Obama called the vote “incredibly dis...

"Dream Act" immigration bill blocked in Senate (Reuters)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Controversial measure providing a pathway to Citizenship for Illegal Immigrants who came to the United States as Children was dealt a death blow in the Senate on Saturday by Republicans who said it would reward illegal activity. The so-called "DREAM Act" passed the House of Representatives earlier this month, but it failed to gain the 60 votes necessary to overcome opposition in the 100-member Senate. President Barack Obama and Democratic supporters vow...

The Associated Press Has a Bad DREAM
**Written by Doug Powers Tom Blumer at Newsbusters passes along this Associated Press headline/story about the DREAM Act being voted down yesterday: Republicans block youth Immigration Bill Senate Republicans on Saturday doomed an effort that would have given hundreds of thousands of young Illegal Immigrants a path to legal status if they enrolled in college or joined the Military Sponsors of the Dream Act fell five votes short of the 60 they needed to break through largely GOP opposition and...

Dream Act dries up in Senate, posing problem for Obama
Washington • The vote by the Senate on Saturday to block a bill to grant legal status to hundreds of thousands of Illegal Immigrant Students was a painful setback to an emerging movement of young immigrants and also appeared to leave in disarray the Immigration policy of President Barack Obama's administration, which has supported the bill and the movement. A vote to bring the bill, known as the DREAM Act, up for debate gained 55 votes in favor with 41 against, a tally that fell short of t...

Senate Roll Call: Falling short on Dream Act
-- The 55-41 roll call Saturday by which the Senate voted to pass the DREAM Act, which would give hundreds of thousands of young Illegal Immigrants a path to legal status if they enrolled in college or joined the Armed Forces. The vote fell five short of the 60 needed to enact the Legislation before Republicans take over the House and narrow Democrats' majority in the Senate next month. A "yes" vote is a vote to pass the bill. Voting yes were 50 Democrats, 3 Republicans and 2 indep...

Awwwww. Fish Wrap Is Concerned For Barry After DREAM Act Defeat
Apparently, the defeat of the DREAM Act Amnesty bill has left Obama's policy in disarray. Really, what policy of his isn't in disarray? The majority of Americans are against most of what he done/tried to do, as well as what he wants to do now. So many have said "this isn't what we thought we were voting for in 2008." Gee, if only they had focused more on what Obama stood for, rather than falling for hopey changeyness. Anyhow, Julia Preston of the Fish Wrap brings us the "news analysis", otherwis...

Republcans end year with scrooge move on immigration
Senate Republicans on Saturday doomed an effort that would have given hundreds of thousands of young Illegal Immigrants a path to legal status if they enrolled in college or joined the Military. Sponsors of the DREAM Act fell five votes short of the 60 they needed to break through largely GOP opposition and win its enactment before Republicans take over the House and narrow Democrats‘ majority in the Senate next month. “A minority of senators prevented the Senate from doing what most...

"Dream Act" immigration bill blocked in Senate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Controversial measure providing a pathway to Citizenship for Illegal Immigrants who came to the United States as Children was dealt a death blow in the U.S. Senate on Friday by Republicans who said it would reward illegal activity. The so-called "DREAM Act" passed the House of Representatives earlier this month, but it failed in the Senate. The Legislation would provide legal residency to Young People who came to the United States illegally before age 16 and who graduate...

"Dream Act" immigration bill blocked in Senate
WASHINGTON | Sat Dec 18, 2010 11:49am EST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Controversial measure providing a pathway to Citizenship for Illegal Immigrants who came to the United States as Children was dealt a death blow in the U.S. Senate on Friday by Republicans who said it would reward illegal activity. The so-called "DREAM Act" passed the House of Representatives earlier this month, but it failed in the Senate. The Legislation would provide legal residency to Young People who came to the United St...

"Dream Act" immigration bill blocked in Senate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Controversial measure providing a pathway to Citizenship for Illegal Immigrants who came to the United States as Children was dealt a death blow in the U.S. Senate on Saturday by Republicans who said it would reward illegal activity. The so-called "DREAM Act" passed the House of Representatives earlier this month, but it failed to gain the 60 votes necessary to overcome opposition in the 100-member Senate. President Barack Obama and Democratic supporters vowed to push a...

Republicans crush Dream Act in Senate
WASHINGTON — A last-ditch Democratic effort to establish a path to Citizenship for some Children of undocumented immigrants failed in the Senate on Saturday, likely derailing any attempt at sweeping Immigration Reform in Congress for the foreseeable future. The bill, known as the DREAM Act, had passed the House, and its advocates and Democratic sponsors hoped that they could muster enough Republican votes to bring the Legislation to the floor. Instead, it fell Victim to a GOP Filibuster, ...

Dream Act fails to advance in Senate
Reporting from Washington and Los Angeles — The Senate rejected a path to Citizenship for some Illegal Immigrants on Saturday, a defeat that pushes any effort to reform Immigration into the next Congress where Conservatives will have even more influence. In a 55-41 vote, senators failed to advance the DREAM Act, which would have provided a way to legalize those immigrants who arrived in the United States illegally as Children and who attend college or serve in the Military. Three Republ...

Redistricting California
On Nov. 2, California voters went to the polls and elected a new State Government that, when it came to statewide offices, was wall-to-wall Democrats, right? Well, yes — but not quite. Meet Peter Yao, the Claremont city councilman who also serves as temporary chairman of the new California commission charged with creating the state's legislative and Congressional Districts for the next 10 years. He is, not incidentally, a Republican. By the terms of two initiatives that state voters enacte...

Senate Roll Call: Falling short on Dream Act
The 55-41 roll call Saturday by which the Senate voted to pass the DREAM Act, which would give hundreds of thousands of young Illegal Immigrants a path to legal status if they enrolled in college or joined the Armed Forces. The vote fell five short of the 60 needed to enact the Legislation before Republicans take over the House and narrow Democrats' majority in the Senate next month. A "yes" vote is a vote to pass the bill. Voting yes were 50 Democrats, 3 Republicans and 2 Independents. Voting ...

Two Dreams, One Dead
The Senate today passed the Repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," which is a good thing. It did not pass the "DREAM Act," which is a cold, cold abomination. There is a relationship between the two. Repealing "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" will allow Homosexuals--who have fought honorably in every one of America's wars--to serve openly. Blocking the "Dream Act" means that young immigrants, who were brought here illegally by their parents, will not be able to gain Citizenship by completing college or by ser...

DREAM Act Fails in Senate, 55 to 41
It was a quiet, unsurprising end to this year’s massive effort to pass the DREAM Act when the Immigration Bill failed this morning in the Senate. The bill needed 60 votes to end the Republican Filibuster and move to a vote. But the final count was 55 to 41. The DREAM Act would put young undocumented immigrants with a clean criminal record on a long path to Citizenship if they commit two years to the Military or Higher Education. In order to qualify, Young People must have lived in the cou...

Senate Shatters DREAM
A last-gasp effort to pass an Immigration Bill that has long languished in Congress failed Saturday morning, with Democrats failing to muster the 60 votes required to bring the DREAM Act to the floor for a final vote. The push to resuscitate the bill, which would have created a path to Citizenship for young Illegal Immigrants who met specific requirements, was not expected to pass amid heated opposition from Republicans and some Centrist Democrats, who cast DREAM (the acronym stands for the Deve...

Senate Roll Call: Falling short on Dream Act
The 55-41 roll call Saturday by which the Senate voted to pass the DREAM Act, which would give hundreds of thousands of young Illegal Immigrants a path to legal status if they enrolled in college or joined the Armed Forces. The vote fell five short of the 60 needed to enact the Legislation before Republicans take over the House and narrow Democrats’ majority in the Senate next month. A “yes” vote is a vote to pass the bill. Voting yes were 50 Democrats, 3 Republicans and 2 inde...

Requiem for a DREAM Act
The DREAM Act, which would have provided de facto Amnesty for millions of Illegal Immigrants died in the Senate today, which is good for all of us. We simply can not ignore our own laws, especially Immigration laws, and hope to keep our nation intact. I feel for those people who were brought here illegally by their parents or relatives and who have grown up knowing only America as home. It’s not their fault they’re here and they are in a terrible position. Most of them have no desire...

Can-Do Attitude Grips "Git R Done" Congress
“It’s A Wonderful Life”? Not sure if it’s that classic flick, or maybe it's a whole bunch of movies that have featured a line that goes something like this: “Wouldn’t it be great if folks acted like it was Christmas all year round?” Or, in the case of the United States Congress, the extra work and Productivity, the spirit of cooperation - well, relatively and/or comparatively speaking, that is. Facing what GOP leaders have pointed to as the downright ung...

DREAM Act fails in Senate
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- The DREAM Act, which would have given Illegal Alien Students a chance to remain in the United States, failed to win enough support for a floor vote Saturday. Three Democrats joined Republicans in opposition to the bill, The New York Times reported. The measure failed to get the 60 votes needed to end a Filibuster, with the final vote 55-41. The 9-year-old DREAM Act would open a pathway to permanent residency and eventual Citizenship for Illegal Immigrants brought to ...

GOP bid to change nuclear treaty fails
WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats deflected an initiative by Republicans yesterday that would have forced US and Russian negotiators to reopen an arms treaty reducing stockpiles of nuclear warheads. But the 37-59 vote against an amendment by Senator John McCain, Republican of Arizona, exposed doubts about whether President Obama can win Senate ratification of the treaty before a new, more Republican Congress assumes power in January. Treaties require a two-thirds majority of those voting in t...

DREAM Act Fails
Senate Democrats could muster only 55 votes in support of the DREAM Act, "a measure that would have created a pathway to Citizenship for undocumented immigrants who were brought to this country as Children," the Washington Post reports. "Under Senate rules, Democrats needed 60 votes to overcome Republican opposition to the bill. The House of Representatives had passed the measure earlier this month, 216 to 198." "The irony of the DREAM Act's failure is that it had strong Bipartisan support at ...

Senate rejects legalization for illegal immigrant students
In a final showdown on Immigration Legislation, the Senate on Saturday blocked a bill to grant legal status to hundreds of thousands of Illegal Immigrant Children and young adults, likely taking the issue off the table for several years. Known as the DREAM Act, the bill would have immediately legalized many illegal immigrants between 16 and 30, and would have offered a path to Citizenship to some of them. It was halted by a Republican-led, Bipartisan Filibuster, with senators saying they think v...