Lawmakers in the Senate voted overwhelmingly Monday night to move forward with a contentious immigration debate this week. Let the race to 60 votes begin.

The chamber voted 97-1 to proceed to debate on a legislative vehicle for members to work out a bill to address the future of nearly 700,000 unauthorized immigrants who were brought to the United States as children and were protected from deportation by the expiring Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.