Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi Push DREAM Act in Lame-Duck Session

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The DREAM Act is one area of immigration law that almost everyone supports.
November 16, 2010

Senator Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), nearing the end of his reelection campaign last month, told Univision’s Jorge Ramos that, win or lose, he would bring up the DREAM Act during lame duck session. This week, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi threw her support behind Sen. Reid, also advocating for a DREAM vote during lame duck. The DREAM Act, an immigration bill that would provide legal status to young people who graduate from high school and pursue college or military service, failed to reach a vote this September after Senate Republicans blocked the Defense Authorization Act, the bill which carried the DREAM Act as an amendment. Now many immigration advocates are looking down the legislative road and say bringing DREAM to a vote during lame duck—when Democrats still have the House and Senate—is the bill’s best chance of becoming law ...

http://www.alternet.org/immigration/148877/harry_reid,_nancy_pelosi_push_dream_act_in_lame-duck_session

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1. Obama Meets with Hispanic Caucus Today on DREAM Act

By: David Dayen Tuesday November 16, 2010 8:06 am

The President will meet with members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus today on the chances of passing the DREAM Act, which would give a path to citizenship for undocumented students if they first completed a college program or military service. Harry Reid has already vowed to bring the DREAM Act up for a vote, either as part of the defense authorization bill or as a standalone measure, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi plans to join him in that effort; the House bill could happen this week. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) will join Reps. Nydia Velazquez (D-NY) and Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) at the meeting ...

http://news.firedoglake.com/2010/11/16/obama-meets-with-hispanic-caucus-today-on-dream-act/

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2. Lotsa luck. nt

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4. It seems to have plenty of support right now: I don't know how the new Congress would regard it

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3. They should deal with passing the middle class tax cut without the Bush extension

during the lame duck session when Dems still have the majority in the house.

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5. I hope they keep the DADT ban in it but I doubt it.

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6. I hate to say it, but I'm not getting my hopes up much on any of

these three initiatives (Dream Act, Middle Class Tax Cut and repealing DADT) even being brought to a vote, much less passing in the lame duck session.