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Senate Immigration Bill Zooms Over First Hurdle, 82-15
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| Contributor | Brandonius Maximus |
| Last Edited | Brandonius Maximus Jun 12, 2013 09:14am |
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| Category | Proposed Legislation |
| Author | David Weigel |
| News Date | Wednesday, June 12, 2013 03:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
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Nobody expected the first vote on the Senate's first immigration bill to fail. The only question was on the margin. How large was the rump of Republicans who wouldn't support any version of any bill? What would happen if the motion to proceed to debate merely squeaked past 60 votes?
"It would be bad," said Sen. Lindsey Graham before the vote. "If we get 61 votes, good luck getting it through the House. If we just get a handful of Republicans, I think it dies in the House."
This was a master class in expectation setting. The bill sailed through the first cloture vote, 82-15, winning every Democrat and all but 15 voting Republicans: John Barrasso, John Boozman, Mike Crapo, Ted Cruz, Mike Enzi, Chuck Grassley, James Inhofe, Mark Kirk, Mike Lee, Jim Risch, Pat Roberts, Tim Scott, Jeff Sessions, Richard Shelby, and David Vitter. |
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