Budget office view boosts Senate immigration bill  Associated
Press SHARE  By DAVID ESPO and ERICA WERNER, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Supporters of a far-reaching immigration bill
in the Senate see fresh momentum from a report by the
Congressional Budget Office that says the measure would boost
the economy and reduce federal deficits by billions of dollars.
The White House said the report was "more proof that bipartisan
commonsense immigration reform will be good for economic growth
and deficit reduction." Several members of the "Gang of Eight"
senators who drafted the legislation also welcomed the news.
Challenged by protesters chanting, "Shame, shame," House
Republicans advanced legislation to crack down on immigrants
living illegally in the United States, while the Senate lurched
ahead on a dramatically different approach offering the hope of
citizenship to the same 11 million people.  The bill approved
late Tuesday by the House Judiciary Committee on a 20-15 party-
line vote would make being i