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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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
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Facebook Disliked: Environmentalists Challenge Ads for Senators
Facebook is getting disliked by environmental groups and progressive organizations such as Moveon.org in response to ads being run by affiliates of a group created by Facebook founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg. Moveon, Sierra Club and the League of Conservation...
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A law enforcement official talks to unidentified people during a round up in Columbia, South Carolina in this file photo.
Immigration: All Roads, South Carolina
Updated at 2:05 PM EDT South Carolina isn’t a border state, yet its radio and television airwaves will soon be saturated with advertisements by groups leading the charge both for and against a broad immigration overhaul taking shape in Congress....
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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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A silver Jeep Cherokee that suspected smugglers were attempting to drive over the U.S.-Mexico border fence is stuck at the top of a makeshift ramp near Yuma, Arizona.
Immigration ‘Road-map:’ Bipartisan Senators Proposing a Path Today
Eight senators, four Democrats and four Republicans, today will announce a comprehensive framework for an overhaul of the nation’s immigration laws, including a “road-map” to citizenship for some of the 11 million undocumented immigrants already in the U.S. This is...
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Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, seen speaking at the 2012 Republican National Convention in Tampa, is working with Senate Democrats on an immigration package.
Immigration: Obama, Senate Leaders Pushing Reforms at ‘Starting Gate’
Senate Democrats plan to put forward an immigration proposal next week, with President Barack Obama telling Hispanic lawmakers that he intends to push legislation as quickly as possible. Obama will begin a public campaign to build support for an immigration...
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President Barack Obama announces his nomination of former Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel, center, as the new Defense Secretary, next to current Defense Secretary, Leon Panetta, left.
Sergeant Hagel: `No Political Future’ — Merely Historic Pentagon Nominee
Chuck Hagel, the president notes, stands to become the first enlisted man to serve as secretary of defense. If confirmed by the Senate where he once served with his brother, he’ll be one of few secretaries who have been wounded...
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US President Barack Obama makes a statement about fiscal cliff negotiations from the White House December 31, 2012 in Washington, DC.
Obama Laugh Lines Spur Attack from McCain, Other Republicans
Can relations between Barack Obama’s White House and Republicans get even worse? It appears so, even as it also appears that talks between a couple of old Washington hands — Vice President Joe Biden and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell...
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House Speaker John Boehner walks past journalists on his return to the Capitol after meeting with President Barack Obama at the White House on Dec. 13, 2012 in Washington.
Getting Primaried: The Dreaded Verb
No one wants to get “primaried.” Certainly not Republican members of Congress who have seen some of their colleagues run out of office in party primaries by Tea Party-backed candidates and others who have challenged them for breaking with an...
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Founder of Americans for Tax Reform Grover Norquist during a debate at American Enterprise Institute.
No, South Carolina, Norquist Says, There is no Pink Unicorn
For all the talk that “Grover is over” in Washington lately, the only thing the author of the famous anti-tax pledge is all over, it appears, is radio and television. Grover Norquist, who still will count a majority of the...
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