[inquest]

let this be an issue that candidates debate on, and let the voters provide some consensus about what direction they want to go.

Unfortunately, it will probably be a completely stage-managed "debate", unless the voters really start raising hell over this. The two parties are in basic agreement on how to proceed, with only minor matters of detail separating them.

[oceanview]

I see a majority of house and senate republicans, who do not want blanket amnesty. how many R votes does the senate bill have?