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The legislation heads to the house of representatives where democrats are expecting to vote on final passage tonight and then to president biden to sign. manu raju is live on capitol hill. manu, senator lee, republican from utah, on title 42, having to do with the border was responsible for the holdup. how did democrats get around that? well, they actually had their own alternative proposal that they knew would fail. they wanted to give the opportunity to the members to vote for the alternative immigration plan. so the mike reed plan did not have enough amendment votes and concerned it would get adopted to a larger bill and sunk in the house. that bill failed and the other one did as well. now, this all came as a bipartisan majority supported this bill on final passage. 68-29 was the final vote in the senate. 29 republicans voted against it but the republican leadership in the senate supported it. even though the house republican leaders urged, mitch mcconnell ....
Been welcomed not just because they re happening, but because people feel that they re able to do what they haven t been able to do over the last several years. to some extent that extends over the country. interestingly, texting a biden administration official during the speech, my response, what s your sense of how this came to be, this is pure biden. obviously, when you listen to the remarks, the optimism, the family elements, the loss elements, his personal loss, and reflections on those that might be dealing with loss and loneliness at this time. and also, the importance of holidays and trying to push forward in his mind, his view, a better future ahead. there s a genuine belief, inside the white house, in the wake of the course of last year and how things have rolled out in the course of the last couple months they re heading into 2023 in a good place, positive opportunities going forward wit ....