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A House bipartisan immigration plan survived a near collapse Thursday, after negotiators reached agreement on a controversial sticking point over health care costs for undocumented workers.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said he will bring the "strong bipartisan" immigration bill approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee to the chamber's floor in June.

A key House Republican negotiator on immigration is warning Democrats that the health care law a favorite boogeyman of the GOP could be the downfall of comprehensive immigration reform.

May 21-- State Senator Tommie Williams of Lyons is one of several Republicans considering running for the 12th District seat in the U.S. Congress, according to the following story today in The Augusta Chronicle .

"We have an agreement in principle. We're now going to work on finishing up the drafting of the bill," said Rep.

After many years of false starts and sudden stops, Washington finally seems to be on a path to rewrite the immigration laws in the United States.

A bipartisan group of members of the U.S. House of Representatives that is working toward a comprehensive immigration reform proposal is nearing consensus.

Prospects for passage of a major immigration bill improved on Thursday when a bipartisan group of lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives declared they had reached a tentative deal, resolving disputes that had threatened to torpedo negotiations.

OurFuture.org's Bill Scher: "Republican might want to ask themselves: do we really believe there's any there there? Meanwhile, there are real scandals out there: festering crises that demand policy solutions and government action.

Members of a bipartisan group of House lawmakers say they've overcome disagreements and have reached a tentative deal to overhaul the nation's immigration system.

After months of intense negotiations, a bipartisan U.S. House group has reached an "agreement in principle" on immigration reform, according to Rep.

After years of negotiating and a week that saw one of its members nearly bolt from the group, a bipartisan group of House members finally announced Thursday that they had reached a deal 'in principle' on a Rep.

House immigration negotiators emerged from a meeting Thursday with an agreement "in principle,"and plan to turn their attention to drafting a comprehensive reform bill.

A bipartisan group of House members that has been attempting for months to finalize a comprehensive immigration bill is encountering difficulties and trying to decide whether to split up or keep trying.

Democrats say Sen. Marco Rubio is overplaying his hand on immigration reform and warn he could kill the bill if he tries to steer it to the right.

Representative John Carter, a Texas Republican, told reporters today that the House's secretive bipartisan immigration group is meeting one final time on Thursday night.

A group of House members working on bipartisan immigration reform legislation remain unable to reach a final deal, one of the Republicans involved in the talks told CNN Wednesday.

Let's imagine for a moment that Democrats controlled redistricting in Texas last cycle.

House lawmakers negotiating a sweeping immigration reform package will unveil their proposal this month - or never at all, a member of the group vowed Wednesday.

On Monday, we interviewed two members of the U.S. House's " Gang of Eight " - Reps.