Immigration reform closer to Senate approval  Measure appears
headed for final Senate vote by end of week  By Tom Cohen CNN
 UPDATED 1:11 PM EDT Jun 26, 2013 Immigration debate  Jason
Reed/Reuters   A compromise amendment intended to ease
congressional passage of sweeping immigration legislation easily
won Senate approval Wednesday.  The 69-29 vote set up a
procedural motion immediately afterward to limit debate on the
roughly 1,200-page bill, which would provide an eventual path to
citizenship for millions of immigrants living illegally in the
country.  While some further amendments still could be
considered, the measure appeared headed to a final Senate vote
by the end of the week after the procedural motion passed in a
67-31 vote.  Backers of the bill want the Democratic-led Senate
to pass it with a solid majority to demonstrate growing
bipartisan momentum as the measure heads to the GOP-controlled
House of Representatives.  The compromise amendment by
Republicans John Hoeven of North Dakota and Bob Corker