Test For Immigration Bill: US Senate sets Monday vote

The Democratic-controlled Senate is expected to pass the White House-backed bill with broad bipartisan support.


Reuters June 22, 2013

WASHINGTON: Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid on Friday set a vote for Monday on a border-security deal that is expected to push a landmark US immigration bill to passage by the end of next week.

The Democratic-controlled Senate is expected to pass the White House-backed bill with broad bipartisan support, sending it to the Republican-led House of Representatives, where it faces more resistance.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 22nd, 2013.

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