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GOP fights itself over immigration reform
Over the last few years the Republican Party has campaigned hard against comprehensive immigration reform and in favor of tougher internal enforcement and beefed-up security along the U.S. border with Mexico. Now the GOP leadership is hoping to persuade...
Tags: Republican Party, Migration, U.S. Congress, Immigration, Politics
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Rubio blasts 'far left views' of Labor nominee
Washington BureauWASHINGTON --U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio on Wednesday accused President Obama’s nominee for labor secretary of being a liberal activist with “far left views” unsuitable for Senate confirmation. Assistant U.S. Attorney General Thomas Perez...Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, Ethics, Washington, DC, Dominican Republic, Religion and Belief
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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: U.S. Department of Justice, Chuck Hagel, Benjamin L. Cardin, Health and Safety at Work, Barack Obama
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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: Tom Coburn, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Personal Data Collection, U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
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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, Minority Groups, Illegal Immigrants, Statue of Liberty, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
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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: Golf, U.S. Congress, Barack Obama, U.S. Senate, Politics
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Bipartisan group introduces immigration reform bill
WASHINGTON -- A bipartisan group of senators has introduced a bill to overhaul immigration laws and provide a path to legal status for an estimated 11 million people who overstayed their visas or illegally entered the United States, Senate aides said....Tags: Migration, Lindsey O. Graham, National Security, Janet Napolitano, Politics
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Chan Lowe: Congress and gay marriage
Instead of hyperventilating like everyone else over Florida’s sizzling-hot junior U.S. Senator, Marco Rubio, today we will focus on The Other Guy, that being Sen. Bill Nelson. Yes, there is another senator from Florida. Nelson is an amiable fellow...
Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Bill Nelson, Entertainment, U.S. Congress, Cartoons
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Rubio leads five-way GOP presidential poll
Marco Rubio led the field of Republican presidential prospects in a nationwide poll released on Wednesday, though voters were split among five potential candidates. The Quinnipiac University poll of 712 Republicans found Sen. Rubio of Florida...Tags: Polls, U.S. Congress, Rand Paul, Executive Branch, Quinnipiac University
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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: Personal Data Collection, Section 8 (housing), Illegal Immigrants, Cal Thomas, Politics
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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: Budget Control Act of 2011, Parties and Movements, U.S. Congress, Barack Obama, Ted Cruz
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