CQ TODAY MIDDAY UPDATE
May 24, 2007 – 12:19 p.m.
Senators Seek 60-Vote Test for Contentious Immigration Amendments

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said today that a bipartisan effort is under way behind the scenes to keep an immigration overhaul moving through the Senate expeditiously.

Reid said negotiators from both parties were working to produce a list of contentious amendments that give “heartburnâ€