Christian Science Monitor: What happens now that the Senate has decided to defer action on the DREAM Act? Advocates of the bill to create a path to citizenship for students and members of the military brought to the US illegally as children will have to wait - at least until next week and perhaps longer. Senate majority leader Harry Reid announced his intention to call a vote on the DREAM Act later this month. But Senate Republicans have vowed to block any business in the Senate until the tax deal they struck with President Obama passes.