Congressional Democrats and top Obama administration officials mounted a last-ditch effort Wednesday for the DREAM Act, though the immigration bill is almost certainly doomed in the Senate today.

Democrats said they’re close to picking up all the votes needed to pass the measure in the House. But passage in the Senate is unlikely. The bill’s most ardent backers say they can’t guarantee the 60 votes needed to advance the bill to the floor.
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“I think we’ve made some progress,” said Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill), the chief sponsor of the Senate version of the DREAM Act. “We don’t know until we call it for a vote”...

(CNSNews.com) – Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) said on Tuesday that Republicans would filibuster a bill designed to grant legal status to illegal immigrants on the condition that they either attend college or serve in the military.

DeMint said that he and his colleagues are united in their opposition to the bill, known as the DREAM Act, and any other proposals that may be brought to the floor before taxes and government funding are agreed upon. (DREAM Act is the acronym for the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act.)

While Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) is pushing for cloture to end debate on the legislation, CNSNews.com asked DeMint whether Republicans would filibuster the bill to keep debate going...