Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) announced Tuesday that he would be moving forward on the so-called Gang of Eight immigration reform bill this weekend, filing cloture and setting up last votes sometime next week.
“I’m just telling everybody, as I have now for quite a long time, that we’re going to either file cloture on this on Friday, Saturday, Sunday, or Monday,” he said on the Senate floor. “We have to move forward with this legislation. So people, I urge people to work together to come up with whatever amendments you feel that are important.”
He added: “And of course we’re all looking at this major issue. I’ve talked to the Republicans in the Gang of Eight, Democrats in the Gang of Eight. They’re working on something to deal with border security. I have no — I’m not telling anyone what to do other than to do it as quickly as you can. The time has come to make decisions on this important piece of legislation.”
