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Senate committee approves gun trafficking bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Judiciary Committee approved legislation Thursday making gun trafficking a federal crime as lawmakers cast the first vote in Congress to curb firearms since December's horrific shootings at a Connecticut elementary...
Tags: Mayors Against Illegal Guns, Chuck Schumer, Washington, DC, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, National Rifle Association of America
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President to meet with John McCain, Lindsey Graham on immigration
WASHINGTON -- President Obama will meet Tuesday with two of the Republicans leading Senate efforts to craft comprehensive immigration legislation. The invitation that will bring Sens. John McCain of Arizona and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina to the...Tags: Lindsey O. Graham, U.S. Senate, Washington, DC, Migration, Marco Rubio
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The Toomey v. Schwartz money race
Call Washington BureauIf U.S. Rep. Allyson Schwartz, who is widely known to be eyeing a run for statewide office, does wait and take on incumbent GOP U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey in 2016, both politicians' recent campaign finance filings foreshadow a high-priced race between two...Tags: Mitt Romney, Mike Fitzpatrick, Patrick J. Toomey, Elections, Politics
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Ronald Reagan's lead on immigration
Yes, good things still happen in this country. They just don't happen overnight. That lesson was brought home to me again on Current TV this week when I interviewed Eleanor Smeal, president of the Feminist Majority Foundation, about Defense Secretary...
Tags: Lindsey O. Graham, Chuck Schumer, Bob Menendez, Ronald Reagan, Crime, Law and Justice
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Washington bitten by the bipartisan bug
After several bitterly partisan battles on fiscal issues, bipartisanship seems to be breaking out on Capitol Hill in two other controversial areas: immigration reform and gun control. While it's too early to know if it will produce significant...Tags: Lindsey O. Graham, Chuck Schumer, Bob Menendez, This Week (tv program), Crime, Law and Justice
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Worker shortages drives farms to embrace of immigration plan
WASHINGTON -- Labor shortages that left crops rotting in fields have farm organizations backing a Senate immigration proposal that would treat workers in agriculture "differently" than in other industries. The American Farm Bureau Federation, the United...Tags: Career and Workplace, Lindsey O. Graham, Chuck Schumer, Labor Legislation, Bob Menendez
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Cuba travel crack earns rebuke from Cuban-American senator
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelBy William E. Gibson, Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — The Senate Foreign Relations Committee didn't ask a single question of Secretary of State-nominee John Kerry about his views on Cuba policy at his confirmation hearing this week. But a meant-to-... -
Senators reach agreement on immigration reform
WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan group of leading senators has reached agreement on the principles for a sweeping overhaul of the nation's immigration laws, including a path to citizenship for the 11 million illegal immigrants already in this country....
Tags: Lindsey O. Graham, Chuck Schumer, Bob Menendez, Washington, DC, This Week (tv program)
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A 'path' to meaningful reform
The road to meaningful U.S. immigration reform will no doubt prove rocky and difficult, but at least Washington has taken its first big step on the most critical part of the route — down the so-called "path to citizenship" that now has bipartisan...Tags: Lindsey O. Graham, Executive Branch, U.S. Senate, Paul Ryan, Marco Rubio
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Republicans rediscover the virtues of immigration reform
In my Sunday column, I suggested that Republicans in Congress have begun to evolve in a more pragmatic, less ideological direction after their losses in last year’s election. As evidence, I noted that House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) backed...
Tags: Mitt Romney, NBC (tv network), Lindsey O. Graham, Paul Ryan, Migration
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Obama to outline immigration plans in Nevada speech
President Obama plans to travel to Nevada next week for the public launch of his effort to pass a comprehensive immigration reform measure this year. Obama kicked off the effort to pass immigration reform Friday by meeting with Latino members of...
Tags: Lindsey O. Graham, U.S. Senate, Chuck Schumer, Bob Menendez, Migration
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Sunday morning: Sen. Ted Cruz on ‘Fox News Sunday’; Sen. Angus King on ‘Meet the Press’
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelSenate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell will be the most popular guest Sunday morning. The Kentucky Republican will visit NBC's “Meet the Press,” CBS' “Face the Nation” and ABC's “This Week.” But the Sunday morning...
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