Senate Immigration bill status uncertain - NYTimes

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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/22/washington/22immig.html?th&emc=th

Senate Critics Vow to Alter Immigration Measure

By ROBERT PEAR and MICHAEL LUO
Published: May 22, 2007
WASHINGTON, May 21 — As the Senate began work on a comprehensive immigration bill, lawmakers from both parties demanded substantial changes in the legislation on Monday and forced Senate leaders to extend debate beyond the Memorial Day recess.

With an Immigration Compromise Committed to Paper, the Time for Scrutiny Begins (May 22, 2007)
From the moment debate started, the crosscurrents buffeting the bill were evident. The intense lobbying since the bill emerged last week from three months of bipartisan negotiations is likely to be just a sample of what lawmakers will hear as they return home to their districts for the Memorial Day recess.

The bill overcame its first hurdle on Monday, a simple vote to begin debate on the hugely contentious measure.

The decision to extend debate followed four hours of speeches in which supporters and opponents of the bill agreed that the nation had lost control of its borders but disagreed on almost everything else.