The beltway publication The Hill reports today, via SDWC, that the immigration bill heading into the U.S. Senate this week could come down to a one-vote margin, and Senator Johnson's absence may make the difference:
With the possibility that the Senate might decide the fate of the immigration bill by the slimmest of margins, the continued absence of a low-profile Democratic senator has added to the roadblocks supporters face in pushing through the carefully negotiated compromise.
The brain hemorrhage Sen. Tim Johnson (D-S.D.) suffered in December will keep him on the sidelines during this week’s much-anticipated immigration debate. The episode has forced him to miss all 226 roll call votes the Senate has cast in the 110th Congress, including nine that have been decided by a one-vote margin.
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