On December 18th, 2010, the latest version of the DREAM Act was introduced but failed to garner the 60 votes it needed to end a GOP filibuster. Although the House had voted in favor of the measure (216-198) a week earlier, the Senate Republicans blocked this measure by a vote of 55-41. The measure was last brought to the Senate floor in 2007, hereby marking its second defeat. Republicans who opposed this measure expressed their concerns with the bill, stating it rewards criminal behavior, is costly for taxpayers, and also spurs further illegal immigration. President Obama expressed his disappointment in the result, stating that “common sense” did not prevail. President Obama did, however, vouch to continue to fight for the DREAM act and promised that his administration would not give up on it.^[9] Many saw the Senate vote in 2010 as a frantic last effort by Democrats to pass the bill before Republicans would inevitably gain possession of the House and win seats in the Senate by January. This last vote essentially signified a closing window for the passage of the measure.^[10]