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Old 06-28-07, 12:25 PM   #3
geetrue
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This is a shocking turn around to me, Washington is like the weather sometimes.

From Fox News "We report you decide it"

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,287143,00.html

WASHINGTON — A defiant group of senators refused to continue down the path of a widely unpopular immigration reformbill Thursday, putting up a roadblock on a procedural debate and squeezing out any time left to work on one of President Bush's top domestic priorities.

On the cloture vote — the test to end debate and move to passage — the Senate voted 46-53 not to carry the motion. Sixty votes were needed for forward progress.

The tally is a turnaround of 18 votes from two days earlier. For varying reasons, six Democrats and 12 Republicans changed their votes to 'no' from a Tuesday vote that allowed the Senate to take up amendments on the bill. No one changed their votes to 'yes.'
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