House Plans DREAM Act Vote for Next Week

Written by Raven Clabough
Thursday, 02 December 2010 14:57

While Republicans in the Senate have vowed to block all legislation in the Senate chamber until a decision is made on the federal budget and the Bush tax cuts, Democrats in the House of Representatives indicate that they will continue to move forward on Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s DREAM Act legislation.

Earlier this week, all 42 Republican Senators addressed a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid asserting that they would block any legislation until Congress funds the federal government and addresses the expiring Bush tax cuts.
The GOP’s demands certainly pose a problem for the passage of the DREAM Act or the repeal of “don’t ask, don’t tellâ€