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Freshman U.S. Rep. Suzan DelBene (D-WA, 1) is one of five house Democrats trying to revive immigration reform.  In June, with  14 Republicans on board, the senate passed an immigration reform bill 68-32 that would have put billions of dollars toward beefing up border security along with earned-path-to-citizenship guidelines. However, a bipartisan companion house effort fell apart when Republicans abandoned the plan last month. 

Today's house bill was proposed by a new group of reps, all Democrats, including DelBene, her house judiciary committee colleagues Judy Chu (D-CA, 27) and Joe Garcia (D-FL, 26), plus Jared Polis (D-CO, 2). Perhaps most significantly, the bill was backed by Steven Horsford (D-NV, 4), a member of the house homeland security committee, which passed a Republican-approved border security plan that has been xeroxed and inserted into today's broader immigration reform bill.

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