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Immigration reform divides Republicans
WASHINGTON — The immigration reform bill crafted by a bipartisan group of senators has deeply split the Republican minority even as lawmakers prepare to take the first votes on the proposal Thursday. Alabama's Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions, a...Tags: Justice System, Jim DeMint, Immigration, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Orrin Hatch
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Social Security boosted by immigration bill, chief actuary says
WASHINGTON -- The bipartisan Senate immigration proposal would provide a boost to the Social Security fund, its chief actuary said Wednesday, as more immigrants come out of the underground economy and begin paying taxes. The assessment of the bill’...Tags: Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Congressional Budget Office, Heritage Foundation, Immigration, Social Security
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Perez vote delayed as confirmation fight intensifies
WASHINGTON -- A Senate committee vote on Labor Secretary nominee Tom Perez was postponed hours before it was set to take place Wednesday, highlighting what appears to be a growing partisan fight over the confirmation of the former Maryland official. ...Tags: Benjamin L. Cardin, Justice System, White House, Martin O'Malley, Republican Party
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Rubio blasts labor nominee as `liberal activist'
U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio on Wednesday accused President Obama’s nominee for labor secretary of being a liberal activist with “far left views” unsuitable for Senate confirmation. Assistant U.S. Attorney General Thomas Perez has “...
Tags: Justice System, Religion and Belief, Immigration, Republican Party, Politics
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GOP fights itself over immigration reform
Over the last few years the Republican Party has campaigned hard against comprehensive immigration reform and in favor of tougher internal enforcement and beefed-up security along the U.S. border with Mexico. Now the GOP leadership is hoping to persuade...
Tags: Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Congressional Budget Office, Heritage Foundation, Immigration, Republican Party
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Republicans demand changes in Senate immigration bill
WASHINGTON — As a sweeping immigration bill moves forward in the Senate, Republicans are demanding stronger border security measures than those agreed upon during four months of bipartisan negotiation. The process of toughening the bill could...
Tags: Rand Paul, Justice System, FBI, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Immigration
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Rubio blasts 'far left views' of Labor nominee
Washington BureauWASHINGTON --U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio on Wednesday accused President Obama’s nominee for labor secretary of being a liberal activist with “far left views” unsuitable for Senate confirmation. Assistant U.S. Attorney General Thomas Perez...Tags: Religion and Belief, Justice System, Immigration, Republican Party, Washington, DC
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No poor and huddled need apply
WASHINGTON -- Heritage Foundation President Jim DeMint prefaced his condemnation of immigration legislation Monday with the same form of inoculation conservatives often use on such occasions: He quoted Emma Lazarus. "There's a statement at the bottom of...
Tags: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Jim DeMint, Immigration, Minority Groups, Republican Party
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Marco Rubio's task: selling immigration reform to GOP faithful
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Wearing a 2010 vintage Marco Rubio campaign T-shirt and matching button, Cheryl Griffin spewed frustration that the man she helped win a long-shot conservative bid for Senate is now leading an immigration overhaul. An...
Tags: St. Lucie County (Florida), Immigration, Walmart, Politics, Elections
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Obama golfs with GOP senators
WASHINGTON -- On the first green, President Obama put his arm around Sen. Bob Corker, the Tennessee Republican. He shared his golf cart with Sen. Saxby Chambliss, Republican from Georgia. Obama hasn’t had much luck schmoozing GOP lawmakers in...
Tags: White House, Gun Control, Jim DeMint, Personal Weapon Control, Mark Udall
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Thomas Wenski: Path to citizenship should be widened
The Senate immigration bill introduced recently contains much to cheer about, including a path to citizenship for the large majority of undocumented persons in the country. The so-called Gang of Eight senators, including Florida's Marco Rubio, have...Tags: Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Social Issues, Immigration, Poverty, Politics
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Immigration deformed
There's the story of a woman with five kids who was asked: If she had to do it all over again, would she have five children? "Yes," she said, "just not these five." That's the way I feel about the immigration "reform" bill introduced by the Senate's...Tags: Judges, Justice System, Immigration, Politics, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013)
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