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6 hrs ago | The Hill

Senators fight to cut more farm bill spending

Senators critical of the level of spending in the giant $955 billion farm bill are fighting for floor votes after the Memorial Day recess on deeper cuts to its subsidies payments.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, US Politics, US News, Republican, Claire McCaskill, US Senate, Democrat, Debbie Stabenow, Thad Cochran

10 hrs ago | The Washington Post

Group of 8 senators who wrote immigration measure are keeping firm control over debate

For all the soothing words she heard from fellow Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sen.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, US Senate, Senator Mazie Hirono, Representative Mazie Hirono, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Orrin Hatch, Republican, John McCain

14 hrs ago | The Hill

Marco Rubio: Unwavering leadership needed on immigration

Sen. Marco Rubio , as the GOP's most prominent player, occupies a unique and important role in the immigration reform debate.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Senator Marco Rubio, US News, US Senate, Republican, Immigration Reform, Illegal Immigration, US House of Representatives, Lindsey Graham

Fri May 24, 2013

The Huffington Post

Bob Menendez: We Don't Have 60 Votes For Immigration Bill

Sen. Bob Menendez , a member of the bipartisan "gang of eight," told Univision he is more optimistic than ever before about passing immigration reform, but backers still don't have enough votes to pass the measure in the Senate.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Senator Bob Menendez, Republican, US House of Representatives, John McCain, Lindsey Graham

Examiner.com

Remember 1986 Coalition takes to the streets to oppose amnesty

As head of the Remember 1986 Coalition, Rusty Childress held a rally and press conference on the corner of 22nd Street and Camelback Road before delivering a petition with 10,000 signatures to Sen.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, John McCain, Republican, Immigration Reform, Illegal Immigration, US House of Representatives

FactCheck.org

Checking on Background Checks

An ad from Mayor's Against Illegal Guns accuses Sen. Jeff Flake of breaking a promise to strengthen background checks because he voted against a bill that would have expanded background checks.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Senator Jeff Flake, Republican, US House of Representatives, New York, NY, Michael Bloomberh, Senator Joe Manchin, Democrat

Washington Times

NYC Mayor Bloomberg's gun group targets Mark Pryor with $350K ads

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's gun group, keeping its word to go after vulnerable Republican seats, launched on Friday a $350,000 ad campaign against Arkansas Sen.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Mark Pryor, US News, Democrat, New York, NY, Republican, US House of Representatives

Thu May 23, 2013

Post and Courier

Heed immigration logic

South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham is amember of the bipartisan “Gang of Eight” that created the immigration legislation approved Tuesday by the Senate Judiciary Committee.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Lindsey Graham, Senator Kelly Ayotte, US House of Representatives, Senator Jeff Flake

Naples Daily News

Brent Batten: Rubio's words fail to reassure

In this Jan. 28, 2013, file photo Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., center,speaks at a Capitol Hill news conference with a bipartisan group of leading senators to announce their agreement on the principles of sweeping legislation to rewrite the nation's immigration laws.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Senator Marco Rubio, US News, US Senate, Republican, US House of Representatives, Robert Menendez, Democrat, Lindsey Graham, Senator Michael Bennet

The Hill

Gang of Eight: Immigration reform bill won't add to the nation's deficit

Members of the Gang of Eight say their immigration reform bill will not add a dime to the nation's deficit.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, US Senate, Senator Jeff Flake, Tax, Charles Schumer, Democrat, Lindsey Graham

The Daily Caller

Laura Ingraham: 'I'm thinking of moving to Arizona' to...

On her Wednesday radio show, conservative talk show host Laura Ingraham attacked a number of Republican senators that voted to support the immigration reform bill on Tuesday, saying that she was thinking about moving to Arizona to primary Sen.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Senator Jeff Flake, Republican, US House of Representatives, John McCain, Arizona, Arizona Government, Immigration Reform, Senator Marco Rubio

GPB.org

Fears Of Killing Immigration Bill Doomed Same-Sex Amendment

Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., listens to testimony during a hearing on the immigration bill on April 22.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US Politics, US News, Patrick Leahy, US Senate, Democrat, Gay/Lesbian, Republican, US House of Representatives, John McCain

Wed May 22, 2013

KGUN

Updated: 3:12 a.m.Horne: Border security should be decided by panel

Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne says a federal immigration reform bill should not allow the Department of Homeland Security to pronounce the U.S.-Mexico border secure.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, John McCain, Senator Jeff Flake, Republican, US House of Representatives, Arizona, Arizona Government, Immigration Reform

Bloomberg

Reid: Immigration Bill to Reach Senate in June

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said he will bring the "strong bipartisan" immigration bill approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee to the chamber's floor in June.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US News, Illegal Immigration, US Politics, John Carter, Republican, US House of Representatives, Orrin Hatch, US Senate

Sonoran News

ObamaCare to increase cost of cancer treatments

Pointing to the state capitol and legislature buildings, Whittle said, 'The state sold these buildings to pay for programs you can't afford.' PHOENIX Five busloads of people were brought to a rally at the Arizona State Capitol last Wednesday to show support for Gov.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Cancer, Health, US Governors, Jan Brewer, Immigration Reform, US Politics, John McCain, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives

Moonbattery

Senate Confirms: Amnesty Will Mean Welfare Bonanza for Invaders

Our hostile rulers don't even pretend that the beneficiaries of the Gang of Eight Quislings' amnesty bill will not immediately create a massive drain on the welfare system : The Senate Judiciary Committee voted Monday to allow illegal immigrants who get legal status to begin collecting tax-welfare payments, as the panel spent a fourth day working ... (more)

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US News, Illegal Immigration, US Politics, Jeff Sessions, US Senate, Republican, US House of Representatives

The Nation

Massachusetts Senate Race Turns to Gun Control

Only a month after the Manchin-Toomey gun control legislation died in the Senate, we already have a test case of how the issue will play out before voters.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, Senator Kelly Ayotte, US Senate

Packer

Immigration bill advances in Senate

Movement expected about the same. Trading seeded slow, others moderate. Prices seedless 35-60 counts lower, others generally unchanged.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, Dianne Feinstein, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Republican, US House of Representatives, Senator Jeff Flake, Agriculture, Science, Orrin Hatch

WTVF Nashville

Immigration bill heads to full Senate

The works do seem to be "gummed up" on Capitol Hill. And President Barack Obama isn't the only one to say so.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US Politics, US News, Patrick Leahy, US Senate, Democrat, Washington, DC, Wedding, Republican, US House of Representatives, Senator Jeff Flake

Tue May 21, 2013

LA Daily News

Immigration reform: Seven ways the bill has changed

FILE In this Jan. 28, 2013, file photo Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., center,speaks at a Capitol Hill news conference with a bipartisan group of leading senators to announce their agreement on the principles of sweeping legislation to rewrite the nation's immigration laws.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Senator Marco Rubio, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Robert Menendez, Democrat