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32 min ago | News Max

DeMint, Sen. Flake Square Off on Immigration Reform Bill

Heritage Foundation President Jim DeMint on Wednesday blasted the sweeping immigration bill being debated in the U.S. Senate, while one of the bill's sponsors - Rep. Jeff Flake of Arizona - said it would boost the nation's economic growth.

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

4 hrs ago | Bloomberg

View: Yes, Immigration Reform Even Cuts the Deficit

Another talking point bites the dust. Opponents of the comprehensive immigration reform working its way through the U.S. Senate have often decried the high cost of legalizing undocumented immigrants.

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

8 hrs ago | NewsBusters.org

Slate Writer Thinks Drunk Driving Is LESS Dangerous Than Tweeting

To Slate's Jeremy Stahl, the drunk-driving kid of a Democratic politician is far less scandalous than offensive tweets from the progeny of a conservative Republican.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, Mary Landrieu, US Senate, Democrat, Al Gore, Joe Biden

12 hrs ago | MLive.com

Ken Braun: Immigrant entrepreneurs should be valued by the party of free markets

Attending a recent briefing from a political advisor with ties back to the Reagan Administration, I was struck by a powerpoint slide showing what looked to me like a dagger aimed at the heart of the Republican Party.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Senator Marco Rubio, US News, US Senate, Republican, US House of Representatives, Senator Jeff Flake

17 hrs ago | BayouBuzz.com

Immigration Report Released

Some 8 million people in the U.S. illegally would initially gain legal status under the legislation, according to the CBO analysis.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US Politics, Senator Chuck Schumer, US News, US Senate, Senator Dick Durbin, Senator Bob Menendez, Senator Marco Rubio, Republican, US House of Representatives

Tue Jun 18, 2013

Daily Kos

CBO Says Immigration Bill Would Reduce Deficit by $200 Billion

CBO and the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation estimate that enacting S. 744 would generate changes in direct spending and revenues that would decrease federal budget deficits by $197 billion over the 2014-2023 period .

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US Politics, Charles Schumer, US News, US Senate, Democrat, John McCain, Republican, US House of Representatives, Richard Durbin, Lindsey Graham

Booker Rising

Crystal Wright Op-Ed: The Grand Old Party Is Stuck On Stupid

Sign up to Booker Rising's RSS feed to receive updates in your feed reader or sign up with your email address below to receive the updates via email! The conservative Republican blogger in D.C. writes : "Republican Senator Jeff Flake had to apologize for his 15-year-old son's unsavory remarks on Twitter.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Bob Goodlatte, US Senate, Senator Jeff Flake, Blog News, Opinion

Business Journal

Flake pushing FBI for answers on surveillance programs

U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake , R-Ariz., wants some answers from the FBI regarding sweeping U.S. government domestic surveillance programs that collected cell phone and other swaths of data.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, US Senate, Senator Jeff Flake, Cell Phones, Cellphones, Electronics

MSNBC

Image: Boehner, House GOP Leaders Speak To Press After Republican Conference Mtg

House Speaker John Boehner said Tuesday that he does not "see any way" of bringing an immigration bill to the floor that does not have backing from a majority of the House's GOP members, calling the border security provisions in the measure currently making its way through the Senate "weak" and "laughable."

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US Politics, US News, John Boehner, Republican, US House of Representatives, Senator Marco Rubio, US Senate, John McCain

The News Journal

Wooing the Cornyns to pass an immigration bill

The attempted seduction of Sen. John Cornyn by immigration reformers is akin to my effort to get Neil Patrick Harris, the best emcee ever of any awards show, to sing at my next birthday.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, John Cornyn, Neil Patrick Harris, Senator Marco Rubio, US House of Representatives

National Review Online

Andrew Stiles: Is Ted Cruz Lying Low?

So much so, perhaps, that when it comes to the Gang of Eight's immigration-reform bill, of which Cruz has been one of the strongest Republican critics, it might seem like he's been taking it easy.

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Related Topix: Senator Ted Cruz, US Politics, US News, Immigration Reform, Republican, US House of Representatives

Mon Jun 17, 2013

NewsBusters.org

Senate Amnesty Supporters Boast Marco Rubio 'Neutralized' Limbaugh, Fox News

New Yorker reporter Ryan Lizza caused a bit of a stir in the conservative media world today in a report he filed for the New Yorker about the ongoing debate in the U.S. Senate over an immigration bill that is currently opposed by many conservatives.

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Related Topix: Publishing, News Corporation, Media, Television, FOX News Network, Immigration Reform, US Politics, Senator Marco Rubio, US News, US Senate, Republican, New York, US House of Representatives

Wall Street Journal

Supreme Court Strikes Down Arizona Voting Rules

Arizona violated the federal "Motor Voter" law when it added a proof-of-citizenship requirement to standard voter-registration forms intended for use nationwide, the Supreme Court held Monday.

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Related Topix: US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, US Politics, US Senate, Senator Jeff Flake, Arizona, Criminal Defense Law, Law, Anthony Kennedy

Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph

A.M. Links: NSA Doesn't Need Warrants to Scrutinize Phone Calls,...

Editor's Note : We invite comments and request that they be civil and on-topic. We do not moderate or assume any responsibility for comments, which are owned by the readers who post them.

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Related Topix: Apple, Startups, Family, Kids, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives

KTAR

Arizona Gov. Brewer to sign Medicaid expansion law

Sen. Jeff Flake's teen son's hateful tweets have made news. But is the boy's vile vocabulary also the sin of the father? The country's newest Miss USA is leaving a white collar job behind for the glamour and excitement that goes with her new role- and she can't wait.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, US Governors, Jan Brewer, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Senator Jeff Flake, Republican, US House of Representatives

ABC News

Will Bloomberg Stop Attacking Dems?

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg speaks at the North American Board Meeting for the Union for Reform Judaism, May 31, 2013, in New York City.

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Related Topix: New York, NY, Religion, Judaism, US News, US Politics, Senator Kelly Ayotte, US Senate, Republican, US House of Representatives

Sun Jun 16, 2013

Fox News

Top GOP Senator: Party Blockage of Immigration Bill Will Hurt 2016 Hopes

FILE: April 18, 2013: So-called Gang of Eight in Washington, D.C. Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., Sen. Charles Schumer, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., and Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill.

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

Bloomberg

Hunt: Republicans Need to Reset Ties With Hispanics

Republicans have an opportunity for a get-out-of-jail moment with the fastest-growing slice of the U.S. electorate, Hispanics.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US News, US Politics, Senator Marco Rubio, US Senate, Republican, US House of Representatives, Senator Rob Portman, John Boehner

Sat Jun 15, 2013

MySanAntonio.com

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As negotiations swirl around a sweeping bipartisan immigration reform bill, John Cornyn , the Republican senior senator from Texas, has elbowed his way into the center of the discussion.

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

KTAR

Arizona lawmakers learn firsthand of social media's power to drive news

Social media can be a powerful tool for politicians. Or it can be "just another place to put your foot in your mouth," as two Arizona lawmakers indirectly learned this week.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Trent Franks, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, US Senate, Senator Jeff Flake, Twitter, University of Nebraska Lincoln, Arizona State University