memeorandum: Immigration Reform, Finally (New York Times)

8:45 AM ET, June 28, 2013

Top Items:

Senate, 68 to 32, Passes Overhaul for Immigration — WASHINGTON — The Senate on Thursday approved the most significant overhaul of the nation's immigration laws in a generation with broad support generated by a sense among leading Republicans that the party needed to join with Democrats …

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, New Republic, VentureBeat, Outside the Beltway, Via Meadia, Tucson Citizen and American Power

New York Times:

Immigration Reform, Finally — The Senate on Thursday approved the most ambitious overhaul of the nation's immigration system in a generation. The vote on the bill was 68 to 32, enough to overcome a Republican filibuster and to deliver, as its sponsors had hoped, a strong signal to the House …

Discussion: PostPartisan, Daily Kos and BBC

Politico:

Is the Senate really working? — The Senate has a reputation as a graveyard — a place where bills go to slowly die after constant filibuster threats, endless quorum calls and petty procedural disputes. — But in just a few short months, the Senate has methodically begun to pass major legislation …

Discussion: Reuters, Hot Air and msnbc.com

First Read:
Does immigration reform stand a chance?

Discussion: Politico, The Fix, Wonkblog, The Week, The Reaction and Alan Colmes' Liberaland

Jonathan Strong / National Review:
Comprehensive Rejection — Perhaps the one thing that's certain …

Discussion: Politico

Brian Beutler / Talking Points Memo:
Boehner Significantly Narrows Path To Comprehensive Immigration Reform

Discussion: Quartz, Washington Monthly and Daily Kos

Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate votes 68-32 to end debate on immigration; 4 p.m. final vote

Discussion: Politico, BREITBART.COM, The Plum Line, The Hill, Michelle Malkin and National Review

Tal Kopan / Politico:
Paul Ryan: House won't take up Senate immigration bill

Discussion: New Republic, No More Mister Nice Blog, American Spectator and First Read

Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Senate approves massive immigration bill

Discussion: The World's Greatest …, Conservatives4Palin, Post Politics and Shakesville

Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate GOP fight breaks open over spending bills

Discussion: Politico

Alan Silverleib / CNN:
Senate passes sweeping immigration bill

Discussion: The Atlantic Wire and Joe. My. God.

Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:

The Real Problem With Rick Perry's Comments About Wendy Davis — Keeping Track of All of Today's A-Rod Reports — If you're a pro-choice liberal like me, Wendy Davis is a hero, and Rick Perry is one of the most cartoonishly villainous public figures in America.

Discussion: Not the Singularity, Hot Air, BOR, The Hill, National Review, The Plum Line, Daily Kos and ThinkProgress

Perry Stein / Talking Points Memo:

State Sen. Davis Responds To Rick Perry's ‘Small Words’ — Texas State Sen. Wendy Davis (D) responded to Gov. Rick Perry on Thursday, chiding him for using “small words” that tarnished Lone Star state values. — Perry invoked Davis' experience as a teenage mother at the National Right …

Discussion: Not the Singularity, Washington Monthly and Balloon Juice

Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Rick Perry Attacks Wendy Davis: ‘She Was A Teenage Mother Herself’

Marjorie Owens / WFAA-TV:
Sen. Davis: 'Rick Perry's statement is without dignity'

Discussion: Taylor Marsh, The Raw Story and ABC News

Laura Bassett / The Huffington Post:
Rick Perry Jabs Wendy Davis For Being A Teen Mom: Too Bad 'She Hasn't Learned From Her Own Example'

Discussion: Taylor Marsh, National Review, CNN and alicublog

Adam Liptak / New York Times:

Chief Justice Roberts Plays a Long Game on Supreme Court — WASHINGTON — Viewed in isolation, the Supreme Court term that just ended had elements of modesty. The court declined to do away with affirmative action, gave Congress another shot at salvaging the Voting Rights Act and refused …

Discussion: Wall Street Journal and Prairie Weather

Timothy Egan / Opinionator:

The Up-in-the-Air President — It was cool, as media moments go, when President Obama called from Air Force One to congratulate the plaintiffs in the California gay marriage case on Wednesday. They were in the middle of a live television interview when the voice of the president was delivered …

Eric Schnurer / US News: Conservative Constitutional Hypocrisy

The Huffington Post:

LOOK: Chick-Fil-A President Tweets Controversial Response To Gay Marriage Rulings.. Then Deletes It — Seems like not much has changed in the world of Chick-fil-A. After the Supreme Court struck down the Defense of Marriage Act on Wednesday, the restaurant chain's president and chief operating officer …

Discussion: Daily Mail, ThinkProgress, Business Insider, Joe. My. God., Speakeasy, Good As You and Politico

Matt K. Lewis / The Daily Caller:
The case for polygamy — Discussing the Supreme Court's decision …

Discussion: msnbc.com, Washington Monthly, Maggie's Farm, Advocate, Shot in the Dark, Post Politics, NOM Blog and BuzzFeed

Noah Rothman / Mediaite:
Chris Christie Blasts SCOTUS For Striking Down DOMA: ‘Another Example Of Judicial Supremacy’

Discussion: Daily Kos, CNN, Advocate, Taylor Marsh and Shakesville

Ramsey Cox / The Hill:

Laughter fills Senate chamber as Moran flubs immigration vote — Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) accidentally voted “yes” on the comprehensive immigration reform bill Thursday before correcting his mistake. — The error by Moran caused the chamber to erupt in laugher.

Discussion: Mediaite and Washington Monthly

John Aravosis / AMERICAblog:

The most unfortunate anti-gay logo and slogan in the history of politics — In one of the most unfortunate moves in American politics since Republicans kept referring to the Tea Party “teabagging,” the anti-gay Family Research Council, which has been officially designated a “hate group,” …

Discussion: Firedoglake, Lawyers, Guns & Money, The Dish and Balloon Juice

Susan Page / USA Today:

Pelosi: Dems are coalescing behind Hillary for 2016 — In this clip from Capital Download, USA TODAY Washington Bureau Chief asks Democratic House Leader Nancy Pelosi about Secretary of State Hillary Clinton running for the Presidency in 2016. Pelosi says Democrats are optimistic about it.

Discussion: Politico, CNN, Taegan Goddard's … and Tucson Citizen

Phillip Molnar / Monterey County Herald:

Restricted web access to The Guardian is Armywide, officials say — The Army admitted Thursday to not only restricting access to The Guardian news website at the Presidio of Monterey, as reported in Thursday's Herald, but Armywide. — Presidio employees said the site had been blocked since …

Discussion: Prairie Weather, U.S. News and The Huffington Post, more at Mediagazer »

Michael Isikoff / Investigations:

Ex-Pentagon general target of leak investigation, sources say — Retired Marine Gen. James “Hoss” Cartwright was the second-highest ranking member of the U.S. military, and a key Obama adviser who served as the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Legal sources tell NBC News Cartwright …

Discussion: Outside the Beltway, Guardian, BBC, New York Times, Gawker, Informed Comment, The Verge and NPR

Boston Globe:

Boston Marathon bomb suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev indicted; allegedly left confession in boat where he was hiding — A federal grand jury today handed up a sweeping indictment of Boston Marathon bombings suspect Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev, charging him with using weapons of mass destruction and killing four people.

Discussion: The Daily Caller, Outside the Beltway and Gothamist

George Stark / Daily Mail:

Alec Baldwin's pregnant wife Hilaria TWEETS about Rachael Ray and anniversary gifts during James Gandolfini's funeral — She later insisted: 'I don't believe in bringing phones into a funeral and I never did and I never would' — It may not be considered funeral etiquette …