Democrats blocked from including immigration legalization in spending bill - NBC News
WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats hit a roadblock Sunday in their effort to slip an overhaul of the country's immigration laws into a spending bill that can pass without Republican support, according to a document obtained by NBC News.Previous efforts to overhaul immigration laws have failed — even provisions that are popular, like providing a path to citizenship for so-called Dreamers who were brought to the U.S.
Senate rules permit including provisions related only to taxing and spending in so-called reconciliation bills, which can pass the Senate with a simple majority, thus avoiding the 60-vote filibusterThe parliamentarian argued that the proposed changes to immigration law are "policy changes" and that the budget impact was only incidental, saying it was "not appropriate for inclusion in reconciliation."