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Senate vote starts immigration debate
WASHINGTON -- With an overwhelming vote, the Senate agreed Tuesday to launch a debate on an overhaul of the nation’s immigration laws, as President Obama called on Congress to pass legislation “that is the best chance we’ve had in...
Tags: Laws, Republican Party, National Security, Career and Workplace, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013)
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Guillermo Martinez: Immigration debate starts, but GOP stands in the way
At long last the debate over a comprehensive immigration reform bill has begun in the Senate. Everyone has a bias, so let me give you mine. Immigration reform is much needed. Undocumented aliens are an economic plus to the nation. For those who have lived...Tags: Ronald Reagan, Republican Party, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Politics, Tea Party Movement
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Grayson wants to halt government collection of citizens' phone, Internet records
WASHINGTON — Prompted by recent reports of widespread government collection of telephone and Internet records, U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson, D-Orlando, has filed legislation that would prohibit the Department of Defense, which includes the secretive...
Tags: Republican Party, National Security, Email, Alcee Hastings, Computer Networking and Internet
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Immigration bill clears early test vote; Obama calls for action
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate overwhelmingly voted on Tuesday to begin consideration of a White House-backed bill to overhaul the U.S. immigration system, burying a procedural roadblock that opponents regularly use to delay or kill legislation....Tags: Timothy M. Kaine, Services and Shopping, Christopher Van Hollen Jr., Career and Workplace, Barack Obama
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Mexican artist from Coral Springs wins American Latino Museum design contest
Whether painting for the faithful or family and friends, Ana Maria Villegas' art has been a constant source of motivation. Now she hopes her paintings will help inspire thousands of people like her. The Coral Springs housewife has won the 2013 Friends...Tags: Eva Longoria, Museums, Fine Artists, Washington, DC, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida)
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Obama exhorts Congress to act on immigration
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama prodded Congress Tuesday to send him a bill by fall remaking the nation's immigration laws, even as the Senate prepared to cast its first floor votes on the landmark measure opening a door to citizenship...
Tags: Harry Reid, National Security, Career and Workplace, Crime, Law and Justice, Barack Obama
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Mitt Romney still at work on his next act
PARK CITY, Utah — Inside the ballroom of a posh resort in Deer Valley, the old Mitt Romney was back. Outlining the biggest challenges facing the country before an intimate gathering of 200 of his biggest donors, the man whose political career was...
Tags: Executive Branch, Republican Party, Finance, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Barack Obama
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National Journal on immigration: 'The Two Faces of Marco Rubio'
Takiing NamesLast week, I penned a piece that said Marco Rubio finally has a chance to prove his critics wrong and show that he's more than a lightweight when it comes to serious policy and meaningful legislation ("On immigration, Rubio has chance to prove his mettle"...Tags: Harry Reid, Orrin Hatch, Justice System, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Justice and Rights
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Editorial: Where's Sen. Kirk on immigration reform?
New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte stuck her neck out over the weekend, declaring her support for the immigration reform bill that will hit the floor this week. That makes her the first Republican, outside of the bipartisan Gang of Eight that drafted the...
Tags: Mark Kirk, Harry Reid, Republican Party, National Security, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013)
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Senate Republican says she'll back immigration bill
WASHINGTON — Conservative Republican Sen. Kelly Ayotte announced her support Sunday for the Senate's bipartisan immigration overhaul, lending momentum to the comprehensive measure. "Our immigration system is completely broken," the New Hampshire...
Tags: Republican Party, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Migration, Rand Paul, Elections
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Bad signs on immigration
Even as the Senate takes up the issue of immigration reform this week, Republicans are increasingly giving indications that the effort isn't likely to go very far. First, it was Sen. Marco Rubio's dance around the issue — repeatedly speaking out...Tags: Republican Party, Same-Sex Marriage, Barack Obama, Migration, Immigration
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Civil rights case is obstacle for Obama's Labor Department pick
WASHINGTON — It began with an odd civil rights claim, one that now threatens to derail the confirmation of President Obama's civil rights chief to lead the Labor Department. White landlords had sued the city of St. Paul, Minn., for aggressively...Tags: Republican Party, Career and Workplace, Mortgages, Justice and Rights, Barack Obama
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