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Senate Judiciary Committee members Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., left, and Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., confer on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, May 20, 2013, as the committee assembled to work on a landmark immigration bill. The landmark immigration legislation penned by the “gang of eight” lives to see another day. The comprehensive immigration bill survived its first real test when it passed out of the Senate Judiciary Committee, 13 to 5, Tuesday night. “I don’t think we will make the mistakes we made six and seven years ago because we’ve had this crucible,” Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said. [ READ: Major ICE Union Against Immigration Bill, But Senate Bill Barrels Forward ] The bill will now have its day on the Senate floor in June when Congress returns after the recess. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., announced Tuesday during a press briefing that he will not stand in its way. “The Gang of Eight has made a substantial contribution to moving the issue forward. So far, I’m told that the Judiciary Committee has not in any fundamental way undone the agreement reached by the eight senators,” McConnell said. “I’m hopeful we’ll be able to get a bill we can […]
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