Senator Charles Schumer (Democrat of NY) predicts that the Senate could pass the pending immigration reform legislation proposed by the bipartisan Gang of Eight by July 4th and that a strong vote in favor of it could sway the House Republicans. Schumer hopes it will win 70 votes, including almost a majority of Republicans. In the meantime, the Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, Rep. Bob Goodlatte (Republican of VA), has stated that the panel plans on voting for a series of smaller pieces of immigration legislation instead of taking a comprehensive approach. However, there is a bipartisan group of House members working on a comprehensive immigration bill, which they will probably release this month, and Rep. Goodlatte has not ruled out the possibility of a single immigration bill to be voted on by the House of Representatives.
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