Hours before the vote Tuesday, President Obama told reporters at the White House that education and the safety of communities should not be a political party issue.

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The bill faces strong opposition in the Senate. The upper house of Congress is not expected to take up the issue until September.

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The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi,said progress is being made on the issue.

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Clinton lamented that his ballyhooed handshake on the issue with House Speaker Newt Gingrich in New Hampshire in the spring of 1995 never bore fruit.

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Mindful of those doubts, Rep. Bob Goodlatte, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee and therefore the man with his hand on the steering wheel for the issue in the House, declared last week that he will pursue an incremental, go-slow approach.

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Later Thursday, Biden weighed in on another issue the White House is pushing: immigration reform.

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