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Re:H-1B: As immigration furor roils Silicon Valley, Canada s... by vlovich123 on Monday October 08, 2018 @08:29PM (#18172436)
Actually Obama got close with a pretty compelling bill but the Senate Republicans continually filibustered it for 3 years (even those who were originally cosponsors) and that was enough because at the time it required a supermajority to break the filibuster (& in 2011 the RNC took over the Senate & House in the midterms) [1]. I wouldn't say there has been genuinely two decades of calls for sweeping immigration reform; it seems like the calls have only genuinely come from the left on this issue.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DREAM_Act

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Re:H-1B: As immigration furor roils Silicon Valley, Canada s... by masonic on Tuesday October 09, 2018 @02:19AM (#18173707)
Democrats did have filibuster-proof supermajorities several times under Obama; Democrats voting against cloture made the difference(0).

The legislation changed significantly over the sessions. Republicans stopped supporting it after Reid reneged on requiring e-verify.

(0) https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_...

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