Sep 21, 2010
Senate also blocks action on DREAM Act for illegal immigrants
05:01 PM
In failing to advance the Pentagon spending bill and the repeal of "don't ask, don't tell," the Senate also blocked action on the DREAM Act, which offers a path to legal status for hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants who came to the United States as children.
Both measures were attached to the $726 billion military spending bill. A vote to end a Republican-led filibuster failed, 56-43.
White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said President Obama would continue to press for passage of both measures, our colleagues at The Oval report.
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