SENATE GOP SPEAKS ON IMMIGRATION IN WASHINGTON
From left to right, Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC), Sen David Vitter (R-LA), Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK), Sen. Elizabeth Dole (R-NC), Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) and Rep. John Shadegg (R-AZ) attend a press conference on immigration, in Washington on June 28, 2007. The Senate voted not to invoke cloture on immigration bill S. 1639. Both parties have vowed to take up the bill at a later date. (UPI Photo/Kevin Dietsch)
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