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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

KRCR

Big victory for immigration reform efforts

The Senate Judiciary Committee approved the bipartisan "Gang of Eight" immigration reform bill on Tuesday, sending the measure to the Senate floor for consideration and giving the bill's backers their first major legislative victory.

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

4029TV.com

Big victory for immigration reform efforts

The Senate Judiciary Committee approved the bipartisan "Gang of Eight" immigration reform bill on Tuesday, sending the measure to the Senate floor for consideration and giving the bill's backers their first major legislative victory.

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

CNN

Sessions takes on Senate immigration gang

Jeff Sessions has a lot of answers to that question, but he starts by pointing to a picture of a modest white house built in the early 1930s in Hybart, Alabama.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US Politics, US News, Jeff Sessions, US Senate, Republican, US House of Representatives, George Bush, John McCain

Politico

Hatch, Schumer reach visa deal

Sens. Chuck Schumer and Orrin Hatch reached a deal Tuesday on changes to the high-tech visa program, winning the Republican's support in the Judiciary Committee but opening up a rift with labor unions.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Orrin Hatch, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Senator Dick Durbin

Mon May 20, 2013

The Daily Caller

Democrats defeat GOP immigration-reform amendments

The Democrat-led group in the Senate now pushing the draft immigration bill defeated numerous GOP amendments on May 20 that would have improved current enforcement measures, curbed financial aid to illegal immigrants and excluded many criminals from the proposed amnesty.

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

NewsOn6 Tulsa

Senators require fingerprinting at 30 airports

The Senate Judiciary Committee is aiming this week to pass a landmark immigration bill to secure the border and offer citizenship to millions, setting up a high-stakes debate on the Senate floor.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, Twitter, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, US Senate, Senator Jeff Flake

WATE-TV Knoxville

Senators require fingerprinting at 30 airports

Hearing on the radio that a violent storm was approaching her rural Oklahoma neighborhood, Lindsay Carter took advantage of the advanced warning, gathered her belongings and fled.

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Washington Examiner

Immigration fight moves to House, with deep divide over legalization

There will be an event on Capitol Hill this week that will tell us a lot about the future of comprehensive immigration reform.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US News, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, Bob Goodlatte

The Miami Herald

Senate committee moves toward vote on immigration

U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch addresses the Utah Republican Party's annual organizing convention Saturday, May 18, 2013, in Sandy, Utah.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US News, US Politics, Orrin Hatch, John Boehner, US Senate, Republican, US House of Representatives, Sandy, UT

Sun May 19, 2013

Saipan Tribune

Kilili's territorial sea bill clears the House-again

"Third time's the charm," advised Chairman Rob Bishop , as the bill conveying the submerged lands around the 14 Northern Mariana Islands to the Commonwealth passed the U.S. House of Representatives yesterday afternoon.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Rob Bishop, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, US Senate, Senator Jeff Flake

Sat May 18, 2013

National Public Radio

Immigration Bill Chugs Along, But Some See Deal-Breakers

It's been a long slog already for the bipartisan immigration overhaul proposed by the Senate's Gang of Eight.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US News, US Politics, US Senate, Senator Jeff Flake, Republican, US House of Representatives, Senator Marco Rubio, Dianne Feinstein, Democrat