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The DREAM dies.

In the Senate ? 5 short of the 60 votes needed to break the filibuster.

?This bill is a law that at its fundamental core is a reward for illegal activity,? said Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) on the floor an hour before the vote. ?It?s the third time we?ve tried to schedule a vote on it during this lame-duck session. It?s the fifth version of this legislation that has been introduced in the past five months.?...

?Many of you have told me that you?re lying awake at night, tossing and turning over this vote, because you know how hard it?s going to be politically, that some people will use it against you,? [Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin]  said. ?But I might say, if you can summon the courage....?

But the courage to reward illegal activity was insufficiently summoned.

Full post as published by Althouse on December 18, 2010 (boomark / email).