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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Rubio: The Selling of Immigration
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Farmworker Deal: Harvest of Pride?
Anyone remember “Harvest of Shame?” Edward R. Murrow? This was no Anderson Cooper 360. This was an awakening for Americans who knew little of their own nation’s practices. This was about how “the humans who feed the best-fed people in...
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Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., left, meets in his office with families of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Conn., including Nelba Marquez-Greene, mother of victim Ana Marquez-Greene and Mark Barden, father of victim Daniel Barden, on the day he announced that he reached a bipartisan deal on expanding background checks to more gun buyers, at the Capitol in Washington, on April 10, 2013.
Majorities Favor Stronger Gun Laws Republicans Vowing to Block
A majority of Americans favor stronger gun laws and believe undocumented immigrants should get a path to citizenship, according to a poll released today. As the Senate prepares to vote on whether to allow gun legislation to be debated, amended...
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A pro gun t-shirt before a speech by President Barack Obama at the University of Hartford on April 8, 2013 in Connecticut.
Gun Control Higher Priority than Immigration Overhaul: Poll
Gun legislation scores as a higher priority than rewriting immigration laws in a CNN/ORC International poll out today. The survey of 1,012 adults showed 71 percent saying that it was important for the president and Congress to deal with gun legislation,...
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Migrant farm workers from Mexico a day of harvesting organic vegetables in Wellington, Colorado.
House Ready to Make Undocumented ‘Real Americans:’ Diaz-Balart
A group of U.S. House members will propose steps to legal status for undocumented immigrants, who shouldn’t be living here permanently without a chance to become “real Americans,” said Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart. Bringing many of the approximately 11 million undocumented immigrants “out of the...
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Senators Susan Collins and Joe Lieberman hold a press conference on Capitol Hill.
Maine’s Susan Collins Hones Formula for Political Survival
Sen. Susan Collins of Maine is part of an endangered species: A New England Republican serving in Congress. There’s just two of them among the 33 Senate and House members representing the region’s six states — Collins and Sen. Kelly Ayotte...
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Student Federico Paseiro wears a T-Shirt with a message that reads "Undocumented," at a meeting for "Dreamers' Moms" March 20, 2013 at a Miami church.
Path to Citizenship Partisan? It Depends
A path to citizenship? A partisan divide? It depends on the question. With a Washington Post/ABC News poll today showing that 57 percent of registered voters support a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, it finds that only 35 percent...
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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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Potential buyers view a new home under construction in South Barrington, Illinois.
Housing Boost: ‘Born Outside the USA’
Congress may be on the verge of accidentally helping the economy. Washington lawmakers haven’t been able to compromise on ways to avert broad-based federal spending cuts, whether and how to implement unprecedented health-care changes or how to help rescue the...
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Workers erect an exterior wall panel in an apartment building under construction in Peoria, Illinois, on March 28, 2013.
Low-Skilled Visas: Cap Key to Deal
Two years ago, the U.S. certified about 75,000 low-skilled laborers for guest-worker visas. Under the first year of a new plan that business and labor leaders have tentatively approved as part of a Senate proposal to revise the nation’s immigration...
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