Immigration Bill Stalled by GOP Conservatives

• By John Stanton
• Roll Call Staff
• June 28, 2007, Midnight

With their leader conspicuously absent from the floor debate on immigration, a small band of Senate GOP conservatives successfully fought Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) to a draw Wednesday night, using the restrictive rules Reid and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) imposed on the debate to ultimately bring it to the verge of collapse.