Senate Democrats withdrew a pro-LGBT amendment to the Gang of Eight’s immigration bill due to fears that the legislation would prove fatal to the larger immigration package.

“It is with a heavy heart,” Senate Judiciary Chairman Pat Leahy, D-Vt., said, that “I will withhold the Leahy amendment seven at this point.” Leahy pushed for “allowing American citizens who are in long term committed relationships to sponsor their foreign partners for green cards.”

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