Wednesday, June 27, 2007

U.S. senators battle over immigration overhaul

(Reuters) - Backers were able to block a number of amendments they said
would have undermined the fragile compromise negotiated by a
group of Democratic and Republican senators and the White
House.




Republican opponents engaged in a procedural jousting match
with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Nevada Democrat,
throughout the day on Wednesday in an effort to kill the bill.


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