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Gun control backers consider strategy after Senate defeat
WASHINGTON — Supporters of stricter gun laws have organization, money and — after the Senate blocked an expansion of background-check requirements — fury. What they don't have is a clear path to changing the political arithmetic of the...
Tags: Columbine High School, Patrick J. Toomey, Max Baucus, Organizing for Action, Republican Party
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Ag stakeholders reach crucial deal on immigration reform
A bipartisan group of senators known as the “Gang of Eight” seems to have finally figured out how to fix our country's broken immigration system and provide a workable system for workers to legally perform important tasks on farms and ranches year round....Tags: U.S. House of Representatives, John McCain, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Bob Menendez, Orrin Hatch
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Swift, hopeful reaction to immigration bill
WASHINGTON – An eagerly awaited immigration overhaul from a bipartisan group of senators arrived early Wednesday, an 844-page bill that both the political left and right now see as the best chance in decades to achieve fix a broken immigration...
Tags: Human Interest, News Corp., Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Illegal Immigrants, Republican Party
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As a rising GOP star, Rubio treads a fine line on immigration
WASHINGTON — When Marco Rubio was the No. 3 Republican in the Florida House of Representatives, he worked with Democrats in 2003 to protect farmworkers from unscrupulous contractors and harmful pesticides. "My heart goes out to the workers in this...
Tags: John McCain, Republican Party, U.S. Congress, Tea Party Movement, Labor Legislation
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Senate rejects gun background check measure
WASHINGTON — Gun control advocates had told themselves this time would be different. It wasn't. The two-decade deadlock that has gripped congressional efforts to act on gun control continued Wednesday as a measure to require more gun buyers to...
Tags: Patrick J. Toomey, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Max Baucus, Assault, Republican Party
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Senate showdown set on gun control
WASHINGTON — After four months of debate and maneuvering, the Senate headed for a showdown over gun control — a series of back-to-back votes on rival plans Wednesday afternoon that could end in the collapse of the entire effort. The...
Tags: Max Baucus, Patrick J. Toomey, Timothy M. Kaine, Republican Party, Dean Heller
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Senate immigration bill looks promising despite some unease
WASHINGTON — Complete satisfaction with the Senate's bipartisan immigration proposal was hard to find Tuesday as details of the bill became known, but despite reservations, a growing consensus was developing in favor of the proposal as the best...
Tags: John McCain, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), U.S. Congress, Republican Party, Migration
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Bipartisan group introduces immigration reform bill
WASHINGTON -- A bipartisan group of senators has introduced a bill to overhaul immigration laws and provide a path to legal status for an estimated 11 million people who overstayed their visas or illegally entered the United States, Senate aides said....Tags: John McCain, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Bob Menendez, Janet Napolitano, Migration
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Senate vote nears, background check bill in peril
WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan effort to expand background checks is in deep trouble as the Senate approaches a long-awaited vote on the linchpin of the drive to curb gun violence. As the showdown draws near, an Associated Press-GfK poll shows...
Tags: Patrick J. Toomey, Max Baucus, Polls, Republican Party, Firearms
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Immigration bill would be largest such effort ever attempted
WASHINGTON — After months of negotiations, a bipartisan group of eight senators is poised to offer a sweeping bill to rewrite the nation's immigration laws this week, taking advantage of a changed political alignment that, for the first time in...Tags: Government, Republican Party, U.S. Congress, Tea Party Movement, Politics
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Criticism of immigration bill from left and right
WASHINGTON (AP) — To some conservatives, it's amnesty. To some immigration advocates, it's unnecessarily punitive. The Senate's new bipartisan immigration bill drew criticism from the right and from the left Tuesday — convincing members of...
Tags: John McCain, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), U.S. Congress, Employment Opportunities
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Gun background-check supporters struggle for votes
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate gun control supporters struggled Tuesday to salvage their drive to expand background checks to more buyers, buoyed by a visit from wounded former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords but facing enough potential opponents to derail...
Tags: Sandy Hook Elementary School, Patrick J. Toomey, Max Baucus, Assault, U.S. Congress
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