Call it a reboot: President Barack Obama broke a promise four years ago to take up a comprehensive immigration bill in his first year.

Such a bill, as Obama describes it, would provide a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants.

Instead, that bill may emerge in the first year of his second term — at least in the Democrat-controlled Senate.

But this time, there's a chance one could make it through the Republican House, too.

A bipartisan group of senators released a plan on Jan. 28, 2013, followed the next day by a presidential speech from Las Vegas.

"For comprehensive immigration reform to work, it must be clear from the outset that there is a pathway to citizenship,” Obama said.

The senators' framework, meanwhile, encourages "a tough but fair path to citizenship for unauthorized immigrants currently living in the United States that is contingent upon securing our borders and tracking whether legal immigrants have left the country when required."

The immigration Group of Eight includes Democratic Sens. Chuck Schumer of New York, Dick Durbin of Illinois, Robert Menendez of New Jersey and Michael Bennet of Colorado, as well as Republicans Marco Rubio of Florida, John McCain of Arizona, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Jeff Flake of Arizona.

The lawmakers asked their colleagues to pass a bill by summer, CQ Weekly reported.

If senators do act, the House is expected to take up legislation — though it might write its own bill, House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy told CNN on March 10, 2013.

That would leave lawmakers working out their differences in a conference committee.

"It's better if the House works the way it's designed, where the House passes a bill ... and the Senate passes a bill, then it goes to conference," McCarthy said.

The recent bipartisan embrace of such a path, including by former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, indicates "reform prospects look good,” said America's Voice, a group that advocates for a "road to full citizenship” for 11 million immigrants.

We'll watch for specific legislative language to emerge in the spring, but in the meantime, this promise remains In the Works.