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Senate panel approves immigration bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — Far-reaching legislation to grant a chance at citizenship to millions of immigrants living illegally in the United States cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on a solid bipartisan vote Tuesday night after supporters somberly...
Tags: Illegal Immigrants, U.S. Senate, Lindsey O. Graham, Patrick Leahy, Dick Durbin
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Dems, GOP raise concerns over subpoenas to AP
WASHINGTON (AP) — The leaders of a House panel told Attorney General Eric Holder on Wednesday that they had serious concerns about the Justice Department's gathering of phone records at The Associated Press. Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., chairman...Tags: Lawyers, U.S. Senate, Tea Party Movement, National Government, Media Industry
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Senators dispute Boston tie to immigration bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Republican senator said Friday the bombings in Boston raise questions about gaps in the U.S. immigration system, but a Democratic senator rejected such a connection and cautioned against conflating the Boston events with a new...Tags: Janet Napolitano, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Washington, DC, Chuck Grassley, Crime, Law and Justice
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Gun control advocates rally in South Bend
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND — About 60 people gathered in the cold, damp air Saturday in front of the Morris Performing Arts Center, urging U.S. senators to move ahead with a bill that would expand background checks for gun sales. Dale Gibson of South Bend held a...Tags: Mayors Against Illegal Guns, Elections, Organizing for Action, U.S. Congress, Barack Obama
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Senate panel votes to expand gun background checks
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) - A divided Senate Judiciary Committee has approved a Democratic bill expanding required federal background checks for nearly all gun purchases. The panel approved the measure by 10-8, supported by all Democrats and opposed by every...Tags: Elections, Parties and Movements, Washington, DC, Barack Obama, Republican Party
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Senate committee approves gun trafficking bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Judiciary Committee approved legislation Thursday making gun trafficking a federal crime as lawmakers cast the first vote in Congress to curb firearms since December's horrific shootings at a Connecticut elementary...
Tags: Mayors Against Illegal Guns, U.S. Senate, Assault, Patrick Leahy, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary
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Senators see path to immigrants' legalization
WASHINGTON (AP) — Illegal immigrants might face around a 10-year wait to become legal permanent U.S. residents under sweeping immigration overhaul legislation taking shape in the Senate, negotiators said Thursday. That's shorter than some current...Tags: Illegal Immigrants, U.S. Congress, Bob Menendez, Immigration, Dick Durbin
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Senator asks airlines to drop seat fee for kids
NEW YORK (AP) — Sen. Charles Schumer is urging airlines to allow families with young children to sit together without paying extra. The New York Democrat is reacting to an Associated Press story last week detailing how families this summer are...
Tags: American Airlines, Inc., Delta Air Lines, Air Transportation Industry, United Air Lines, Spirit Airlines
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NYC marks 100th anniversary of deadly factory fire
NEW YORK (AP) — New Yorkers are marking the 100th anniversary of the worst industrial accident in city history — the deadly Triangle Shirtwaist fire — with a ceremony at the site where 146 garment workers died. U.S. Secretary of...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Health and Safety at Work, Career and Workplace, Industrial Accidents, Michael Bloomberg
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Schumer targets rental car recalls
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer of New York is introducing a bill that would stop car rental agencies from renting automobiles that are under recall for problems that aren't yet fixed. Schumer says the federal law is needed because of...Tags: New York, Product Recalls, Automotive Equipment, Manufacturing and Engineering, Rental Service
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CBO: Senate Immigration bill would help economy
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sweeping immigration legislation moving toward a vote in the Senate would boost the economy and reduce federal deficits, the Congressional Budget Office said Tuesday, at the same time it would bestow legal status on an estimated...
Tags: U.S. Senate, National Government, U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, Jeff Sessions, Washington, DC
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Budget report gives key push to Senate immigration bill
WASHINGTON — The sweeping immigration overhaul bill received a boost Tuesday as senators appeared to narrow their differences on border security and the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office reported that newly legal immigrants would provide...
Tags: U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Jeff Sessions, John Hoeven, Crime, Law and Justice
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