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Gay rights amendment offered to U.S. immigration bill in Congress
ReutersBy Thomas Ferraro and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON, May 7 (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy on Tuesday introduced a gay rights amendment to the Senate's immigration bill, prompting one of the measure's Republican sponsors...Tags: Gays and Lesbians, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Labor Legislation, Civil Rights, Minority Groups
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Gay rights amendment offered to US immigration bill in Congress
Reuters* Rubio warns gay rights proposal would 'kill' bill * Committee Republicans offer mountain of amendments (Adds details and context paragraph 11 onward) By Thomas Ferraro and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON, May 7 (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee...Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Mexico, Labor Legislation, Civil Rights, Minority Groups
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WRAPUP 1-Battle over U.S. immigration bill starts in Congress
Reuters* Senate Judiciary debate gets under way on Thursday * Special interests to push controversial amendments * Supporters drive for lopsided Senate approval By Caren Bohan and Thomas Ferraro WASHINGTON, May 6 (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress this week opens...Tags: POLITICO LLC, Citigroup Incorporated, Gays and Lesbians, Microsoft Corporation, Fishing
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Obama golfs with GOP senators
WASHINGTON -- On the first green, President Obama put his arm around Sen. Bob Corker, the Tennessee Republican. He shared his golf cart with Sen. Saxby Chambliss, Republican from Georgia. Obama hasn’t had much luck schmoozing GOP lawmakers in...
Tags: Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Jim DeMint, Barack Obama, Heritage Foundation, Personal Weapon Control
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Thomas Wenski: Path to citizenship should be widened
The Senate immigration bill introduced recently contains much to cheer about, including a path to citizenship for the large majority of undocumented persons in the country. The so-called Gang of Eight senators, including Florida's Marco Rubio, have...Tags: Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Poverty, Migration, U.S. Congress, Social Issues
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Immigration deformed
There's the story of a woman with five kids who was asked: If she had to do it all over again, would she have five children? "Yes," she said, "just not these five." That's the way I feel about the immigration "reform" bill introduced by the Senate's...Tags: Judges, Terrorism, Lawyers, Labor Legislation, Immigration
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Our elected officials are supposed to follow the desires of their electors. Why is it when more than 80 percent of the people want stricter gun control, Republicans refuse to enact it? Be safe. Buy multiple guns for protection. Build a moat around...Tags: Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Parties and Movements, Barack Obama, Personal Weapon Control, Budget Control Act of 2011
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Zuckerberg's advocacy ads under fire
SAN FRANCISCO — Mark Zuckerberg is the public face of one of the world's most prominent companies. But now it's his actions as a private citizen that are making him — and Facebook Inc. — a target of environmentalists and progressive...Tags: Microsoft Corporation, Primaries, Immigration, Politics, Eric Schmidt
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Obama cracks on Rubio's limited experience
Friends and fans of Marco Rubio are quick to point out that by 2016 he will have served in the U.S. Senate longer than Barack Obama did before becoming president. It’s an obvious way to counter the rap that the freshman senator lacks enough...Tags: Barack Obama, Jay-Z, Taylor Swift, Music, Kim Jong Un
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COLUMN - The GOP's immigration problem
Reuters(Bill Schneider is a Reuters column but his opinions are his own.) By Bill Schneider May 1 (Reuters) - Old vaudeville joke: Man goes to the doctor. Says he has a pain in his arm. "Have you ever had this problem before?" the doctor says. "Yes," the...Tags: Tea Party Movement, U.S. House of Representatives, Same-Sex Marriage, Abortion, Minority Groups
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Protesters challenge Rubio immigration bill
WASHINGTON — Grumbling on the Right has turned into protests over U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio's immigration-overhaul bill. Hundreds of tea party activists and long-standing opponents of what they call an immigration "amnesty" plan to protest Wednesday...Tags: Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Tea Party Movement, Parties and Movements, Migration, U.S. Congress
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Is Marco Rubio putting up too much political capital on immigration reform?
Sun SentinelHardly. In fact, kudos to Florida's junior senator, Marco Rubio. Yes, I said it, and he deserves props for taking a stand on immigration reform. Too bad he now has to spend time debunking half-truths, myths, rumors, tall-tales and outright...Tags: Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Tea Party Movement, Migration, Immigration, U.S. Senate
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