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The prospect of millions of illegal immigrants earning a path to citizenship is now back on the table in Congress, though the first bill out of the chute has already split some California progressives and has zero support from Republicans.

Americas war on human trafficking got its biggest-ever one-year boost in federal funding following President Barack Obamas signing of an appropriations bill, one of several significant anti-trafficking developments this week.

In a dingy reception center across from the new terminal at La Aurora International Airport, Guatemalan immigration agents don surgical masks and brace for another day of controlled chaos.A U.S. government passenger jet one of up to seven a week taxis to a stop.

Representative F. James Sensenbrenner Jr., a Wisconsin Republican, toured a prince's vineyard and castle in Liechtenstein and spent an afternoon at a ski resort in the Alps - all at the expense of a group of European companies.

Published 2 hours, 17 minutes ago at http://www.joescott3.com/index.php/js/many_house_democrats_nix_afghan_troop_surge/ President Obama will disclose his new war strategy on Afghanistan in a speech Tuesday evening to cadets at West Point, but the reception is likely to be caustic among powerful Democrats on Capitol Hill who oppose the troop buildup ...

In the months following the Postville raid, many criticized the government's record of going after poor workers and seldom against managers.

Nanosys, Inc. today announced that it hosted US Representative Zoe Lofgren of the 16th California Congressional district, San Jose, for a tour of its nanotechnology plant.

The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Standards of Official Conduct has notified U.S. Rep.

President Barack Obama announced Friday that he'll host a White House summit next month on combating the chronic joblessness that continues to be a drag on a struggling economy.

The political conversation here last week was, understandably, dominated by the city council elections.

A coalition of over 100 environmental, public health, labor, faith-based and community groups known as the Blue-Green Coalition applauded Rep.

A panel that investigates allegations of unethical behavior by members of Congress has cleared U.S. Rep.

By Paul Kane The ethics committee is not investigating Rep. Jane Harman , whose conversation with an Israeli operative four years ago drew scrutiny from the Justice Department and for a time from the committee.

The House ethics committee on Thursday cleared Rep. Heath Shuler, D-Waynesville, of any wrongdoing for his role in a land deal involving the Tennessee Valley Authority.

Jane Harman is among more than two dozen lawmakers named in the report. It was an embarrassing breach from one of the most secretive committees on Capitol Hill: A House ethics staffer posted a confidential report where the public could access it, reports CBS News correspondent Sharyl Attkisson .

A A A' Internal investigations into the conduct of over two dozen House members have been exposed in an extraordinary, Internet-era breach of security involving the secretive process by which Congress polices lawmaker ethics.

Rep. Norm Dicks said Friday that he is confident that he will be exonerated by ethics investigators after a leaked preliminary report listed him as one of seven members of the defense appropriations subcommittee who are under scrutiny for their relationships with a once-powerful lobbying firm.

National Democrats are a long way from those heady days in 2006 when U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-San Francisco, promised to "drain the swamp" of corruption on Capitol Hill if voters gave them control of Congress.

Internal investigations into the conduct of more than two dozen members of the U.S. House of Representatives were exposed in an extraordinary, Internet-era breach involving the secretive process by which Congress polices lawmaker ethics.

This story has been black-listed by the media. It can be found at politico.com but if you do a search on "PMA Group" or "Ethics Leak PMA Group" you will find few stories in the news... Citing the revelation of an ethics review of senior defense appropriators, a leading House earmark critic has asked House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to eliminate more than ...