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Earlier today the Senate reversed itself on an amendment to the proposed immigration reform bill that would allow guest workers to self-petition to stay permanently in the United States after working here for four years.

By a 56-43 vote, lawmakers changed their minds from less than 24 hours ago, when they voted 50-48 to eliminate the self-petition provision from the 600-page bill being considered by the Senate this week and next.

Sen. Edward Kennedy D-Mass., one of the co-authors of the comprehensive immigration measure, authored the amendment that made the change today. Kennedy added a provision to the bill that would require the Labor Department to certify that there are no American workers “able, willing, qualified and available” to do the job that the guest worker seeking a green card is filling.