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The House of Representatives passed the Laken Riley Act 264-159. ... cry for Republicans during the 2024 presidential campaign, ... CNN he would vote to advance debate of the bill in the Senate. A ...
The Senate on Monday passed the Laken Riley Act, making the immigration-related bill the first piece of legislation to make it through the upper chamber in the new Congress and putting it a step ...
The House approved the bill 263-156, a day after the Senate voted to approve it 64-35. The bill drew some bipartisan support. In addition to virtually all Republicans in both houses, 46 Democrats ...
The House on Wednesday passed the Laken Riley Act, sending the immigration-related bill to President Trump’s desk in what is poised to be his first legislative victory since returning to the ...
MORE: Laken Riley case: Suspect found guilty by judge in campus killing, sentenced to life. The House previously passed the bill in March by a vote of 251-170, with 37 Democrats voting in favor.
The bill was introduced following the murder of Laken Riley by an illegal immigrant who had previously been cited for shoplifting, on the campus of the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia. [6] On January 22, 2025, the House agreed to the Senate's version of the bill with a 263–156 vote. [ 7 ]
The bill won bipartisan support in both the House and Senate. Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., attended Wednesday's bill signing at the White House. Here are some things to know about the Laken Riley Act: Who was Laken Riley? Riley, 22, was a student at Augusta University College of Nursing when she went out for a run on Feb. 22, 2024.
The House passed an amended version of the Laken Riley Act on Wednesday on a vote of 263-156, teeing up major immigration reform at the start of President Donald Trump's second administration.