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Compromise among senators eyed on border security
After secretive talks, key senators expressed optimism Wednesday night that they were closing in on a bipartisan agreement to dramatically toughen the border security requirements in immigration legislation that also offers a path to citizenship to millions living in the country illegally. Lawmakers and aides alike said the goal was ...
US Senate nearing agreement on immigration deal
Key U.S. senators expressed optimism that they were nearing a bipartisan agreement to toughen border security requirements in immigration legislation that also offers a path to citizenship to millions living in the country illegally. Under the emerging compromise, the government would grant legal status to immigrants living in the United ...
Bipartisan proposal on student loans circulating
Students applying for financial aid for the coming school year could find some comfort in a bipartisan student loan compromise taking shape in the Senate that would prevent interest rates from doubling and set a single rate each year for undergraduate students, rich or poor. Interest rates, which would be ...
VP Biden pays tribute to civil rights leader
Vice President Joe Biden is hailing Frederick Douglass for his work to bring about equal justice, leading a series of tributes at the unveiling of a statue of the 19th-century orator and writer. Biden, along with Democratic Sen. Harry Reid and Democratic Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, used the U.S. Capitol ...
Judge warns Jeremy Johnson about gag order
A judge warned indicted businessman Jeremy Johnson that he could go back to jail if his wife doesn't take down a website that criticizes the federal government. During a hearing in federal court Thursday, U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul Warner said that Sharla Johnson's website violates the gag order he issued ...
Obama meets with relatives of Newtown victims
President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden met Thursday with relatives of the victims of the Connecticut school shooting, who were visiting Washington on the eve of the six-month anniversary of the tragedy to push anew for gun control. Legislation to expand background checks for gun buyers failed in ...
Nevada governor vetoes universal background checks
Gov. Brian Sandoval vetoed a bill Thursday that would have required a background check almost any time a firearm changes hands in Nevada, carrying through on his earlier promises to kill legislation that attracted interest in the wake of the Connecticut school shooting and a rampage at a Nevada restaurant ...
Whittemore asks for new trial on campaign charges
Lawyers for Harvey Whittemore say the former Nevada developer and high-powered lobbyist convicted last month of making illegal campaign contributions to Sen. Harry Reid deserves a new trial partly because the jury foreman slept through some testimony. Criminal defense attorney Dominic Gentile also said in a formal motion for a ...
Senators look for consensus border amendment
Key Senate Republicans are working to develop a compromise on border security that would satisfy GOP demands for stronger enforcement language in a far-reaching immigration bill without costing Democratic support, lawmakers and aides said Thursday. To win over skeptical Republicans, senators are considering mandating specific requirements for equipment and other ...
US senators look for consensus border amendment
Key Senate Republicans are working to develop a compromise on border security that would satisfy party demands for stronger enforcement language in a far-reaching immigration bill without costing Democratic support, lawmakers and aides said Thursday. Aiming to convince skeptical Republicans that the bill would truly achieve border security, senators were ...
Senate leader won't weaken gun background checks
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says he won't accept watered-down background checks as the price for pushing gun control legislation through the Senate. The Nevada Democrat isn't getting into specifics. But gun control advocates have worried that if Democrats are trying to declare victory on the issue, they might remove ...
Border security at issue in immigration bill
Bickering across a deep divide, supporters of immigration legislation pushed back hard Wednesday against Republican demands for tougher border security measures before millions living illegally in the country could take the first steps toward U.S. citizenship. Even modest changes were snared in the political crossfire that erupted on the first ...
Jennifer Lopez: 'We're realizing our power'
Jennifer Lopez says Latinos in the United States are starting to realize their power in politics and media, making the timing good for her latest undertaking: lobbying for greater diversity in TV programming. The entertainer spoke Wednesday at the Cable Show, a communications convention, ahead of new programming set to ...
Schools bill to give states more control
The Senate Education Committee on Wednesday finished its sweeping rewrite of No Child Left Behind that eases coast-to-coast requirements for schools and gives states greater independence to set their own goals. On a party-line vote, the Democratic-led panel sent to the full Senate a bill that that gives states flexibility ...
Recent editorials published in Indiana newspapers
Evansville Courier & Press, June 11, 2013. It's scary: Uncle Sam knows who's talking to whom What was thought to be domestic overreach by the George W. Bush administration in the name of national security now appears to be standard practice under the Obama administration. And to the justified shock ...
NSA debate pits far left, right against the middle
Revelations of massive government collections of Americans' phone and email records have reinvigorated an odd-couple political alliance of the far left and right. A number of Democratic civil liberties activists, along with libertarian-leaning Republicans, say the government actions are too broad and don't adequately protect citizens' privacy. But this unlikely ...
Immigration debate clears procedural Senate hurdle
In Spanish and English, the Senate pushed contentious immigration legislation over early procedural hurdles with deceptive ease on Tuesday as President Barack Obama insisted the "moment is now" to give 11 million immigrants in the United States illegally a chance at citizenship. Despite the lopsided votes, Republicans served notice they ...
US immigration debate clears Senate hurdle
In Spanish and English, the Senate pushed contentious immigration legislation over an early procedural hurdle with deceptive ease on Tuesday as President Barack Obama insisted the "moment is now" to give 11 million immigrants in the United States illegally a chance at citizenship. Despite the lopsided, 82-15 vote, Republicans served ...
Obama exhorts Congress to act on immigration
President Barack Obama prodded Congress Tuesday to send him a bill by autumn remaking U.S. nation's immigration laws, even as the Senate prepared to cast its first floor votes on the landmark measure opening a door to citizenship for millions. Obama's objective is to make overhaul of the immigration system ...
Senate moves toward votes on immigration bill
Senators prepared Monday for the first votes in the full Senate on a landmark immigration bill, readying amendments on contentious issues including border security, back taxes and health care coverage. The two votes scheduled for Tuesday afternoon are on procedural measures to officially allow debate to move forward on the ...
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