Senate set to take up immigration reform bill

There will be one last push for immigration reform this year, but it does not look very likely to pass in such a short time. - - Donna Poisl

By: Susan Ferrechio, Chief Congressional Correspondent

While lawmakers will be pressing the House to address expiring tax cuts and an arms treaty with Russia when Congress returns this week from its Thanksgiving break, Democratic leaders in the Senate plan to make one last effort to pass an immigration reform bill before their majority diminishes significantly in January.

With just a few weeks left in the 112th Congress, it will be difficult for lawmakers to clear the DREAM Act in time for the president's signature this year, but it will nonetheless consume part of the shrinking lame-duck calendar.
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