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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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
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A man stands in Tijuana, Mexico, beyond the U.S.-Mexico border fence from San Diego, California, on March 21, 2012.
Mexico No ‘Hell Hole,’ Graham Adds
That messaging thing remains a problem for Republicans talking about immigration. Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, one of the sponsors of the bipartisan immigration bill under debate today, maintains that he was not calling Mexico a “Hell hole.” “It’s...
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Mexican immigrants work on a housing construction site on May 3, 2013 in Denver, Colorado.
Social Security Report ‘Game-Changer’ for Immigration Bill
A Social Security Administration analysis says the Senate’s bipartisan immigration proposal would boost U.S. tax revenue, create jobs and increase the gross domestic product over the next 10 years. Stephen Gross, chief actuary for the agency, says the bill would have a “substantial positive...
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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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Senate Judiciary Committee member Sen. Lindsey Graham during a hearing about gun control on Capitol Hill on Jan. 30, 2013.
Gun-Control Hearing: No Show and Tell
Some Republican senators say that today’s Judiciary Committee hearing on gun control would have been better with some show-and-tell. South Carolina’s Sen. Lindsey Graham and Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas fired off a letter to Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy of Vermont complaining...
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