Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid filed for cloture on both the DREAM Act and the stand-alone DADT Repeal bill for Saturday morning, The Advocate.reporter Kerry Eleveld tweets. (Cloture is a procedural motion which kills a filibuster of it gets 60 votes).
It has been reported that DADT Repeal has at least 61 votes in favor in the U.S. Senate. The DREAM Act received 59 votes last Friday (DADT repeal got 57 votes) and, presumably Reid would not be bringing it up if he hadn't heard from at least one more Senator to support the measure which provides a path to citizenship for immigrants under the age of 30 who are undocumented because they were brought to this country when they were a minor and have been physically present in the United States for at least 5 years.
The U.S. House has already passed both the Dream Act (216-198) and the DADT repeal bill (250-175).
Let's hope the Senate can finally get its act together and pass something progressive for a change, enact legislation which helps the less powerful instead of giving aid and comfort to the affluent.
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