Session #113 · 2013–15

Speech #1130121370

We again gave an opportunity for amendments to be offered. Significant amendments were offered. Senator CORKER of Tennessee offered an amendment to even strengthen what was a very strong border security section of this bill. The net result of that of course was we brought it to a vote. I will tell you. it was an incredible day. because on June 27 of 2013 we passed. on the floor of the Senate. comprehensive immigration reform by a vote of 68 to 32. Fourteen Republicans joined the Democrats in a bipartisan effort to fix our broken immigration system. It was a proud moment. We had the support of the U.S.
Keywords matched
immigration border security

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Positive
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
RICHARD DURBIN
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
IL
Gender
M
Date
2014-11-19
Speech ID
1130121370
Paragraph
#2
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