Copyrighted Image? DMCA | Incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) says the Senate should break up comprehensive immigration reform legislation and vote on it piecemeal in the next Congress. McConnell said he would allow a full debate on the Senate floor and give colleagues the opportunity to offer amendments. But he declined to guarantee that Republicans would back controversial provisions that rank among the highest priorities for Democrats, such as granting illegal immigrants a pathway to citizenship. |