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Article: Immigration reform debate set for Senate floor.
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- Nation's Cities Weekly
- Article date:
- March 27, 2006
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Two weeks of debate on immigration reform is set to commence on the Senate floor this week. Earlier this year, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) stated that immigration reform will be top priority for the Senate in 2006.
Comprehensive immigration reform is a key legislative priority for the National League of Cities in 2006 as well.
In February, Frist gave the Judiciary Committee an ultimatum to have a bill ready for debate on March 27 or he would bring his own enforcement-only bill to the Senate floor, which he did on March 16 as the Senate Judiciary Committee could not reach consensus on legislation. The Frist bill, S. 2454, addresses ...