Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said the Immigration bill cannot slip by with 60 votes in the Senate because the House would feel less pressure to take it up. Others in the negotiating group have said they think the bill could win at least 70 Senate votes

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Excerpts from POLITICO.COM, article By CARRIE BUDOFF BROWN, April 25, 2013 :

The senators said they support amending the immigration overhaul bill to address shortcomings in the system that led to the Boston Marathon bombings.

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"I think it is doable," Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said at a breakfast sponsored by the Christian Science Monitor.

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POLITICO.COM
70+ votes for immigration reform?
By CARRIE BUDOFF BROWN
April 25, 2013 :

70+ votes for immigration reform?


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