Update on Cornyn Amendment

Yesterday we reported that the Senate would vote on a cloture motion by Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) to limit debate on an anti-immigrant and anti-civil rights amendment he had proposed to the 9/11 security bill. We are happy to report that Sen. Cornyn’s motion was defeated today. He needed 60 votes to prevail, but the vote was only 46 senators in favor of his motion and 49 against.
This vote was important because this was the first contested immigration-related vote in the Senate this year. Sen. Cornyn’s amendment will not be part of the 9/11 bill. But we know that similar and worse anti-immigrant amendments will be proposed to other bills.

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