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The challenging math of passing immigration reform
WASHINGTON – Senators from both parties are expressing enthusiasm for pushing a comprehensive overhaul of the nation’s immigration system. But while immigration politics appears to have changed in the wake of sweeping Republican rejection...
Tags: Mike Enzi, Parties and Movements, Mary L. Landrieu, Orrin Hatch, Immigration
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Durbin to chair key defense panel in Senate
Tribune reporterWASHINGTON — Sen. Dick Durbin, the No. 2 Democrat in the Senate, has been named chairman of the defense appropriations subcommittee, a key panel that approved spending of almost $600 billion for the current year. The subcommittee, with its House...Tags: Afghanistan, Politics, U.S. Congress
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Weekend Talk Shows: Scott Walker; Edward Albee; King Abdullah, II
Click here to download TV listings for the week of Jan. 27 - Feb. 2, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies -------------------- SATURDAY Good Morning America (N) 7 a.m. KABC The Chris Matthews Show Clinton and Biden 2016 prospects; Inaugural...
Tags: Raymond W. Kelly, Chicago Tribune, Abdullah II of Jordan, Interior Policy, Personal Weapon Control
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Could Washington, DC become the 51st state?
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sen. Tom Carper of Delaware has introduced a bill that would make the District of Columbia the nation's 51st state. While the bill has little chance of passing, the introduction shows that Carper is taking up the cause of...
Tags: Barbara Boxer, Thomas R. Carper, Patty Murray, Washington, DC, Joe Lieberman
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Senators reach agreement on immigration reform
WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan group of leading senators has reached agreement on the principles for a sweeping overhaul of the nation's immigration laws, including a path to citizenship for the 11 million illegal immigrants already in this country....
Tags: Immigration, Employment Opportunities, Elections, Politics, Bob Menendez
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Secret drone strikes simplify Obama Doctrine
For years, scholars and journalists have struggled without much success to define the Obama Doctrine — the president's foreign policy principles. As a Democratic candidate, Barack Obama couldn't even define his own doctrine as he sought to succeed...
Tags: Jay Carney, Rachel Maddow, Elections, Rahm Emanuel, Barack Obama
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Ronald Reagan's lead on immigration
Yes, good things still happen in this country. They just don't happen overnight. That lesson was brought home to me again on Current TV this week when I interviewed Eleanor Smeal, president of the Feminist Majority Foundation, about Defense Secretary...
Tags: Immigration, Leon Panetta, Elections, Politics, Bob Menendez
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As DGA run ends, O'Malley likely to stay on national stage
President Barack Obama no longer needs Gov. Martin O'Malley as a top campaign surrogate, and the Democratic Governors Association is set to elect someone else as its chairman on Monday when the group meets in Los Angeles. But neither development is...
Tags: State of the Union Address, Parties and Movements, CNN (tv network), Michele Bachmann, Elections
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Bipartisan group sees change in politics on immigration reform
WASHINGTON — Declaring that the politics of immigration “have been turned upside down,” a bipartisan group of senators Monday outlined common principles for comprehensive immigration reform and expressed optimism that legislation...Tags: Parties and Movements, Jeff Sessions, Migration, Immigration, George W. Bush
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Republicans, Democrats ready for broad immigration reform
WASHINGTON — Republican and Democratic senators said Sunday they were ready to announce the outline of a broad immigration reform bill that would include a path to “earned legalization” for immigrants living illegally in this country....
Tags: Migration, Fox News Channel (tv network), Immigration, John McCain, Barack Obama
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Obama to outline immigration plans in Nevada speech
President Obama plans to travel to Nevada next week for the public launch of his effort to pass a comprehensive immigration reform measure this year. Obama kicked off the effort to pass immigration reform Friday by meeting with Latino members of...
Tags: Migration, Immigration, Jay Carney, Elections, Jeff Flake
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Washington bitten by the bipartisan bug
After several bitterly partisan battles on fiscal issues, bipartisanship seems to be breaking out on Capitol Hill in two other controversial areas: immigration reform and gun control. While it's too early to know if it will produce significant...Tags: Parties and Movements, Personal Weapon Control, Interior Policy, Gun Control, Immigration
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