Eighty percent of the Democrats support this immigration bill. We've done our job. I don't have to twist an arm, I don't have to pull anybody into a room to get them to try to agree to something. We've done our job -- 80 percent of the Democrats. It's not a question of Democrats doing anything. It's a question of Republicans supporting their own president.
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Senate Majority Leader Reid highlights the Democratic support for the immigration bill and calls for Republican backing.
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