[unspun]

Maybe the biggest outrage of all is that this bill allows the Democrats to go so far as to bring in criminals.

"The Senate voted 51-46 to reject a proposal by Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, to bar criminals - including those ordered by judges to be deported - from gaining legal status. Democrats siphoned support from Cornyn's proposal by winning adoption, 66-32, of a rival version that would bar a more limited set of criminals, including certain gang members and sex offenders, from gaining legalization."

[kabar]

10 Reps voted with the Dems to defeat the Cornyn bill. 9 Dems voted for the Cornyn bill. Two independents [Sanders and Lieberman] voted to defeat the Cornyn bill.