Dream Act Falls Short of 60 Votes
Thursday,October, 25 ,2007 Filed in: Immigration
Yesterday the U.S. Senate voted 52-44 to move to consideration of S. 2205, the DREAM Act.
Yesterday the U.S. Senate voted 52-44 to move to consideration of S. 2205, the DREAM Act. Sixty votes were required in order to move to debate on the bill.The bad news is that the DREAM Act most likely will not be considered this year. The good news is that the legislation received majority support (52 votes and likely 56 if absent Senators had voted) and that we are narrowing the gap of achieving 60 votes to move toward consideration of immigration legislation. Below you will find the results of the vote. It is important to contact those Senators who supported DREAM and thank them for their support. Glen Tebbe, Executive Director of I-CAN, noted that both of our Indiana Senators (Bayh and Lugar) voted in support.
