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An Alabama senator's lost cause
WASHINGTON — Not since George Wallace, perhaps, has an Alabamian taken as passionate a stand for a lost cause as the one Jeff Sessions is taking now. Bipartisan immigration legislation is making its way inexorably through the Senate Judiciary...Tags: Chuck Schumer, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Jeff Sessions, Christopher A. Coons, Patrick Leahy
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Senate Judiciary Committee approves landmark immigration bill offering citizenship to millions
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Judiciary Committee approves landmark immigration bill offering citizenship to millions.Tags: Washington, DC, Justice System, Immigration, Crime, Law and Justice
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Immigration reform bill heads to full Senate
WASHINGTON — A sweeping bipartisan plan to overhaul the nation’s immigration system headed to the Senate floor after a key committee approved it Tuesday, but not before tilting the bill to the political right with amendments designed to...Tags: AFL-CIO, Patrick Leahy, DREAM Act, Orrin Hatch, Politics
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Progress on immigration
Just when Washington looked like it was completely preoccupied with the scandals, real and imaginary, swirling around the White House, a group of Democrats and Republicans in the Senate managed the unexpected (and, these days, extraordinary): They...Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Patrick Leahy, Orrin Hatch, White House, Politics
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10 Things to know for today
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. DIGGING OUT FROM OKLAHOMA TORNADO Rescuers are nearly finished searching for victims, but most Moore residents are just starting to find out...Tags: Witnesses, New York City, Justice System, U.S. Congress, North Korea
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Immigration bill: Gang label amendment goes down
The Senate Judiciary Committee continued its markup of a bipartisan immigration reform bill Monday, rejecting an amendment by Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) that would have barred undocumented immigrants who are merely suspected of belonging to a gang,...Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Justice System, Migration, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Immigration
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Union of federal workers opposes immigration bill
WASHINGTON — Senators pushed forward Monday with changes to a sweeping immigration overhaul over the objections of a union of immigration officers that announced its opposition to the bill. The legislation, written by a bipartisan group of...
Tags: Jeff Sessions, U.S. Congress, Immigration, Career and Workplace, Orrin Hatch
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Conservatives, tea party leaders seek to block immigration bill
WASHINGTON – Top conservative leaders, along with tea party activists from across the nation, have crafted a letter of opposition to the Senate’s bipartisan immigration overhaul. The open letter to the Senate, which will be released Tuesday,...Tags: Chuck Schumer, Radio, Tea Party Movement, Immigration, Career and Workplace
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Federal immigration services union joins opposition to bill
WASHINGTON – A labor union that represents federal officers who vet immigration applications has decided to oppose the immigration overhaul winding through the Senate, saying provisions in the bill could lead to fraud. The proposed legislation...
Tags: Justice System, Migration, U.S. Congress, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Immigration
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BC-AP Limited Digest
Member Choice Limited For editorial or technical questions concerning AP Member Choice Limited, contact customersupport(at)ap.org or call 877-836-9477. TOP STORIES SCANDALS-POLITICS WASHINGTON — The scandals dogging President Barack Obama are...Tags: Washington, DC, John Kerry, 2014 Winter Olympic Games, Bashar Assad, U.S. Department of Defense
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Obama agenda withstanding IRS focus on tea party groups, Benghazi fallout, other controversies
AP Special CorrespondentWASHINGTON (AP) — Despite Democratic fears, predictions of the demise of President Barack Obama's agenda appear exaggerated after a week of cascading controversies, political triage by the administration and party leaders in Congress and lack of...Tags: Washington, DC, Environmental Politics, Roger F. Wicker, FBI, Kathleen Sebelius
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Democrats seeking office have their eye on Sacramento
WASHINGTON — Early this year, Leticia Perez and her husband flew here for a whirlwind 48 hours. The couple dined at the Italian Embassy, visited the Lincoln Memorial and joined the crowd on the National Mall watching as President Obama was...
Tags: Darrell Steinberg, Kevin de Leon, U.S. Congress, Career and Workplace, MSNBC (tv network)
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