[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 87 (Friday, May 25, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Page S6927]
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SCHEDULE
Mr. REID. Mr. President, the Senate will immediately resume
consideration of the immigration bill. We have the two managers of the
bill here. There will be two amendments from each side to be offered
today.
Mr. President, in anticipation of coming back the week after our
break, which starts this afternoon, we are going to finish the
immigration bill. I hope that we will not have to file cloture. There
have been enough amendments offered. I hope we can have a final vote on
passage. If things are not going well on Tuesday and Wednesday when we
get back, I will consider filing cloture. I will certainly discuss this
in detail with the Republican leader, Senator McConnell.
We have made a lot of progress on this bill. It is according to whose
view you have as to whether it is forward or backward. As far as I am
concerned, the bipartisan agreement that was reached by Democrats and
Republicans has put us on a path for resolving one of America's big
problems, immigration.
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