Reading, Writing and Learning in ESL: A Resource Book for K-12 Teachers, MyLabSchool Edition (4th Edition) New Mexico’s two senators voted against an amendment to an immigration bill declaring English the national language of the U.S. government. Sen. Pete Domenici, R-N.M., was the only Republican voting against the measure by Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla. Domenici called the measure “overreaching,” but senators voted 64-33 to approve it late Wednesday. Domenici and Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., instead voted for a competing amendment by Sen. Ken Salazar, D-Colo., which acknowledged that English is the nation’s “common language.” That amendment also passed, which means the two opposing measures will have to be hammered out in a conference committee.

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