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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: Barack Obama, Gun Control, Politics, Personal Weapon Control, Interior Policy
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Perez vote delayed as confirmation fight intensifies
WASHINGTON -- A Senate committee vote on Labor Secretary nominee Tom Perez was postponed hours before it was set to take place Wednesday, highlighting what appears to be a growing partisan fight over the confirmation of the former Maryland official. ...
Tags: Labor Legislation, Montgomery County (Maryland), U.S. Department of Justice, Benjamin L. Cardin, Martin O'Malley
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Our take: Immigration reform hearing
Ripe for reform The Senate's bipartisan immigration reform bill was to face its first test today in a hearing before the chamber's Judiciary Committee. We hope members give the bill, drafted by four Republicans and four Democrats, the fair hearing it...Tags: Migration, Politics, Employees, Heritage Foundation, Career and Workplace
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Republicans demand changes in Senate immigration bill
WASHINGTON — As a sweeping immigration bill moves forward in the Senate, Republicans are demanding stronger border security measures than those agreed upon during four months of bipartisan negotiation. The process of toughening the bill could...
Tags: U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Migration, FBI, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Immigration Reform Legislation (2013)
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Marco Rubio's task: selling immigration reform to GOP faithful
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Wearing a 2010 vintage Marco Rubio campaign T-shirt and matching button, Cheryl Griffin spewed frustration that the man she helped win a long-shot conservative bid for Senate is now leading an immigration overhaul. An...
Tags: Laws, Migration, St. Lucie County (Florida), Walmart, Elections
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No poor and huddled need apply
WASHINGTON -- Heritage Foundation President Jim DeMint prefaced his condemnation of immigration legislation Monday with the same form of inoculation conservatives often use on such occasions: He quoted Emma Lazarus. "There's a statement at the bottom of...
Tags: Migration, High Schools, Statue of Liberty, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Heritage Foundation
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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: Migration, Elections, Gay Rights, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Civil Rights
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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: Jeff Flake, Migration, Mexico, Elections, Gay Rights
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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: Migration, POLITICO LLC, 3M Co., Civil Rights, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013)
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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: Gun Control, Mark Udall, Elections, Interior Policy, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013)
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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: Social Issues, Migration, Poverty, Politics, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013)
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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: Jeff Flake, Laws, Migration, Section 8 (housing), Immigration Reform Legislation (2013)
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