Senate passed Amnesty

Last week, the US Senate passed its Amnesty legislation, cleverly called the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act or S. 2611. It passed with a vote of 62-36, with 2 senators not present. Votes of note are from Republican Presidential hopefuls John McCain, who is the presumptive nominee, and from Senate Majority leader Bill Frist, both of whom voted yes. George Allen, whom i think will win the nomination, voted NO. The Democrat frontrunner, Hillary Clinton, voted Yes as well, although if any Democrat emerges in the next 2 years strong on Immigration Reform, then she may have a challenge. The other vote of note is from Sen. Robert Byrd of WV, whom has voted NO on every bad amendment and the final passage of the bill. This now goes to Conference Committee where both House and Senate conferees will try to hammer out a bill that the House will accept. I do not believe the House of Representatives will pass this bill, as it currently is now, and may not pass any revised version either. The House has been very adament on what they consider important, and none of that was addressed by the Senate.
To find out more about what actually the bill looks like in its current version, check out the US Congress roll call votes section at: http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=109&session=2&vote=00157.

I will keep you updated on its progress through conference and the House.