Immigration Reform Passes Senate But Faces Fight in the House

With Vice President Joe Biden presiding over the chamber, the U.S. Senate passed the immigration reform bill backed by the Gang of Eight. Both of Floridas two senators -- Democrat Bill Nelson and Republican Marco Rubio -- supported the bill. The final vote was 68-32.

While Rubio was one of the most vocal champions of the bill, only 13 other Republicans voted to support it: Lamar Alexander of Tennessee, Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire, Jeff Chiesa of New Jersey, Susan Collins of Maine, Bob Corker of Tennessee, Jeff Flake of Arizona, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Dean Heller of Nevada, John Hoeven of North Dakota, Mark Kirk of Illinois, Orrin G. Hatch of Utah, John McCain of Arizona, and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska,

The bill now heads to the House where its fate is uncertain and Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, has said he will only bring it up if a majority of the GOP caucus supports it. Based on the Senate vote, where less than a third of Republicans supported the bill, that could be a tough sell.