Now they can have their immigration bill and eat their deficit, too. After warnings from some corners — such as the Heritage Foundation claiming the Senate’s immigration reform bill will cost trillions of dollars over five decades — the Congressional...
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Attorney General Eric Holder delivers remarks during the Justice Department Inspector General's annual awards ceremony in the Great Hall at the Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice building on May 29, 2013 in Washington, DC.
Holder Taps Schumer’s Front Man
Brian Fallon, one of the top Democratic communicators on Capitol Hill and long-time spokesman for Senator Charles Schumer of New York, has been tapped by Attorney General Eric Holder to run the Justice Department’s Office of Public Affairs, according to...
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A vehicle and the surround buildings burn after they were set on fire inside the U.S. consulate compound in Benghazi late on September 11, 2012.
Charge of the Obama Brigade: IRS, Benghazi, Reporters
President Barack Obama, addressing a live television audience from the White House, said the commissioner in charge of the IRS has been removed following the agency’s targeted scrutiny of conservative groups. “The misconduct uncovered is inexcuseable,” Obama said in a...
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President Barack Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder, right, stand during the National Anthem as they attend the National Peace Officers Memorial Service, an annual ceremony honoring law enforcement who were killed in the line of duty in the previous year, on May 15, 2013.
Obama Thinks First, Acts Later: Carney
Has President Barack Obama not made his objections about the Internal Revenue Service’s handling of conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status clear enough — as well as what he intends to do about it? The White House is getting roundly criticized...
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Lead by Mayor Michael Hancock, Anna and Fran Simon are the first couple to take part in a civil union ceremony at the Webb Building in Denver , on May 1, 2013.
Schumer: Same-Sex Marriage ‘Conundrum’ for Immigration Bill
The two Democratic members of a bipartisan Senate immigration group who sit on the Judiciary Committee are refusing to say whether they’d vote to add protections for same-sex couples to the measure. “I’m not going to get into speculatives,” Sen....
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Sens. Chuck Schumer of New York, left, and John McCain or Arizona, before their meeting on immigration with President Barack Obama, April 16, 2013. AP Photo.
Senators: Obama Nods on Immigration ‘Compromise’
Updated at 5:30 pm EDT The White House isn’t completely satisfied with the immigration rewrite that a bipartisan group of senators has produced, two senators say, yet President Barack Obama has endorsed their work. The White House confirmed as much...
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Rubio: The Selling of Immigration
In the selling of the immigration plan that Republican Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer of New York and six other members of both parties plan to unveil Tuesday, the debate starts with one word: Amnesty. That’s...
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Sen. Marco Rubio with reporters on Capitol Hill on March 22, 2013 in Washington, DC.
Leahy to Rubio: Ready for ‘You and Your Fellow Gang Members’
Behind closed doors. That’s where much of what gets done — when things actually get done — gets done in Washington. So it appears that the funny bone of the Senate judiciary chairman was tickled by Sen. Marco Rubio’s letter...
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New American citizens take photos following a naturalization ceremony at the district office of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) on January 28, 2013 in Newark, New Jersey.
Immigration: Gang of 535
As word of a deal between business and labor leaders emerged this weekend, clearing what appeared to be the last impediment in talks among a bipartisan group of eight senators crafting a plan to overhaul immigration, one of the leaders...
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Undocumented Guatemalan immigrants are body searched before boarding a deportation flight to Guatemala City at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport in Mesa, Arizona.
Obama: ‘Genuine Desire’ on Immigration
President Barack Obama, calling the proposal for an immigration overhaul from a bipartisan group of senators “very much in line” with his own goals, says he sees “a genuine desire” in Congress to accomplish this soon. “The good news is...
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