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Immigration bill negotiators see Senate breakthrough
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Prospects for U.S. Senate passage of an immigration bill with strong bipartisan support brightened on Wednesday when a group of Republican and Democratic negotiators reached a tentative deal on ways to shore up border security,...Tags: Personal Data Collection, Migration, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Congress, Ruben Hinojosa
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Senators broker tentative deal to end immigration bill logjam
WASHINGTON — Key senators brokered a tentative deal Wednesday to strengthen the border security provisions in the immigration bill, a compromise that could break a logjam by satisfying Republican demands for tougher enforcement without...
Tags: John Hoeven, Immigration, Personal Data Collection, Mexico, Justice and Rights
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Boehner torn between conservative issues and those with broad appeal
WASHINGTON — About once a week, like clockwork, House Speaker John A. Boehner insists in a Capitol news conference that jobs and the economy are the "No. 1 concern" of his GOP majority. But from week to week, there's often another priority in the...
Tags: U.S. Supreme Court, Abortion Issue, Crime, Law and Justice, Trent Franks, U.S. Congress
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UPDATE 1-U.S. immigration bill negotiators see Senate breakthrough
Reuters* Tentative agreement reached on border security -senators * Details being presented to undecided senators (Recasts with possible border control deal) By Thomas Ferraro and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON, June 19 (Reuters) - Prospects for passage of a U.S....Tags: Personal Data Collection, Immigration, Migration, Republican Party, U.S. Congress
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A weak Boehner is bad for the GOP, Obama and America
Only a few days into the new year, the Grand Old Party has a huge political hangover from the events that rang in the tidings of 2013. First came the escape from the fiscal cliff that saw its speaker of the House, John Boehner, embarrassed by his flock'...Tags: Harry Reid, Eric Cantor, Joe Biden, Republican Party, U.S. Congress
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Scandals put presidential credibility on the line
When the storm of administration scandals first hit President Barack Obama, he offered a good impersonation of Claude Raines in "Casablanca," expressing shock that gambling was going on in Rick's saloon. His verbal outrage at the snooping of the IRS and...Tags: Carney (music group), U.S. Congress, Jay Carney, Benghazi, Richard Nixon
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Obama plays his high cards
As President Barack Obama nears the end of his first term, has he finally found an inner LBJ to channel? His recent words and actions suggest he has turned a corner from his earlier wishful thinking about playing nice with obstruction-minded Republicans...
Tags: CNBC (tv network), Joe Biden, Republican Party, U.S. Congress, U.S. Senate
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Facing the fiscal cliff, Obama can't back down again
As official Washington nervously ponders the approaching fiscal cliff and the potential economic chaos it entails, President Barack Obama faces a precipice of his own in the challenge of making use of his re-election victory. Unless he emerges from...
Tags: Immigration, Joe Biden, Republican Party, Mitt Romney, Fiscal Cliff
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At least one thing in Washington works: the Nationals
Karl Marx is credited with saying that religion is "the opium of the people." But here in the nation's capital, baseball is the drug of choice that rescues political junkies from the unpleasant realities around them. Currently providing relief from...Tags: National Football League, National League, Bryce Harper, Sports, World Series
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Republicans need immigration reset with Hispanics
Republicans have an opportunity for a get-out-of-jail moment with the fastest-growing slice of the electorate, Hispanics. An immigration bill is likely to pass the Senate by the end of the month. The size and shape of the measure and the tone of the...Tags: John Hoeven, Kelly Ayotte, Migration, Crime, Law and Justice, Tom Coburn
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Congress must act now to control our nation's debt
As two people who have been long-time friends, and who served in Congress as members of different political parties, we understand that compromise is not easy. But it is necessary, and it often produces the most thoughtful solutions to some of the...Tags: Government Health Care, Republican Party, U.S. Congress, Consumer Confidence, Public Finance
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House takes up far-reaching anti-abortion bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — The abortion wars return to Congress in a big way with House legislation to ban almost all abortions after a fetus reaches the age of 20 weeks. The legislation expected to pass the Republican-controlled House as early as...
Tags: Abortion Issue, Abortion, Incest, Crime, Law and Justice, Trent Franks
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