Citizen Orange has posted transcripts and videos of Senator Richard Durbin speaking about the DREAM Act, how the bill has changed over the years as he's tried to get it passed, and what its future might be after it failed in the Senate yesterday. His last serveral blog posts about the DREAM Act and efforts to push it through Congress are worth a read.

Senators voted this morning on a procedural motion that would have allowed the U.S. Senate to proceed to debate and soon thereafter vote on the DREAM Act. Sixty votes were needed to proceed to debate on the bill; the final vote tally was 52-44.

Late Tuesday evening, the Senate voted to table an amendment offered to the Commerce-Justice-Science appropriations bill that would have undercut community policing and endangered public safety. The 52-42 procedural vote effectively defeated this amendment, offered by Senator Vitter (R-LA), which attempted to deny Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) funding to cities and States that pledge to not ask about the immigration status of crime victims and witnesses.

Vote expected today: Senator Vitter has offered a harmful amendment to the Commerce-Justice-Science appropriations bill that would undercut community policing and endanger public safety, particularly the safety of immigrants who are victims of domestic and sexual violence.