Partisan lines harden in Senate over immigration reform bill

Alexander Bolton, The Hill

“Partisan lines are hardening over the Senate’s immigration reform bill,  downgrading hopes a 70-plus majority of senators will back it in an up-or-down  vote next week.

The bill seems likely to pass the Senate, particularly after a Congressional  Budget Office score on Tuesday found it would reduce deficits by $700 billion  over the next two decades.