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Frank Sharry believes that the major reason for this 2007 defeat was “the revolt on the right. There was a huge blowback from the (conservative) base, angry about losing the House and the Senate, angry about Bush. They bloodied his nose, and said, ‘This is amnesty, we don’t like it.'”

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Even stalwart liberals rejected the idea.

In a Democratic presidential debate, Sen. Chris Dodd, D Conn., hammered then Sen.

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Fairness demanded action, said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, arguing that “children should not be penalized for the actions of their parents” who brought them to the United States.

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The Dream Act remains on the reformers’ to do list. And Sharry said, “I suspect it has a decent shot for a vote in the Senate this year,” either before Election Day or in a lame duck session.