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1 hr ago | Breitbart.com

Senators Announce Pending Border Security Deal

On Wednesday, senators and aides reported that the so-called Gang of Eight behind the immigration reform bill had cut a deal with Senators Bob Corker and John Hoeven to add some border security measures to the bill in an attempt to woo Republicans.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Bob Corker, Senator John Hoeven, Senator Rand Paul

5 hrs ago | KTIV-TV Sioux City

Republicans demand tougher border security as part of any immigration reform

Supporters of the Senate's bipartisan immigration reform bill are getting momentum from a new report saying the plan eventually would greatly reduce the federal budget deficit.

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

9 hrs ago | Windsor Beacon

Sen. Jeff Chiesa gets pulled by all sides on immigration

Bloomberg News has a good read on the courting of the New Jersey Republican, who will be a U.S. senator for about four months -- until an Oct. 16 special election is held for the remainder of the late Frank Lautenberg's term.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Frank Lautenberg, Chris Christie, US Governors, Republican, John McCain

9 hrs ago | The Washington Post

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Taxpayer funding could not be used to pay salaries above the amounts paid to Cabinet secretaries .

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Senator Mike Johanns, Senator Jeff Merkley, Democrat, Barbara Boxer, Jack Reed

13 hrs ago | TIME.com

Morning Must Reads: June 19

They've waxed philosophic about "legitimate rape," reflected on the economic role of "wet backs" and denounced the actions of "brazen, self-described illegal aliens."

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Tea Party

17 hrs ago | Daily Kos

John Oliver BLASTS Republicans on immigration

Last night, John Oliver devoted the whole show to talking about immigration reform , and the ridiculous obstacles some Republicans have set up.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US News, US Politics, Senator Marco Rubio, US Senate, Republican, Chuck Grassley, Jeff Sessions

17 hrs ago | Free Republic

Cornyn Says Border Dispute Could Sink Immigration Bill

Sen. John Cornyn , the No. 2 ranking Senate Republican, said Tuesday that if Democrats remain unwilling to strengthen the border-security provisions in the immigration bill, the effort to overhaul the country's immigration laws could 'quickly fall apart'.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US Politics, US News, John Boehner, Republican, US House of Representatives, Paul Ryan, US Senate, Illegal Immigration, Harry Reid, Democrat

18 hrs ago | National Journal

Americans Split on Linking Border Security and Citizenship in Immigration Reform

Most Americans say illegal immigrants should be allowed to remain in the country, but the public divides evenly on whether citizenship should be linked to stiff progress in securing the border, as many Senate Republicans are demanding, the latest United Technologies/National Journal Congressional Connection Poll has found.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US News, Illegal Immigration, US Politics, US Senate, Republican

18 hrs ago | Washington Times

Obama Democrats don't want border security

The New York Senator and leader in the Gang of Eight doesn't have to convince anyone to support his immigration reform measure.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US News, US Politics, Charles Schumer, US Senate, New York, Democrat, Illegal Immigration, Republican

21 hrs ago | The Daily Beast

John Cornyn, Triple Dipper

Is this outright hypocrisy from this Republican Senate deficit hawk-or just business as usual in Washington and beyond? By Lloyd Grove.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Texas Government, Texas, Pension, Personal Finance, Tea Party, Bob McDonnell, US Governors

21 hrs ago | The Baxter Bulletin

Jason Stanford: Texas Senators Were For Immigration Reform Before They Were Against It

By a 82-15 vote, the Senate has taken up comprehensive immigration reform. Majority Leader Harry Reid has promised an "open as possible process" for amendments, which means creating a path to citizenship for the estimated 11 million unauthorized immigrants still hasn't cleared two formidable roadblocks in Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz, who ... (more)

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, Senator Ted Cruz, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Illegal Immigration, Rick Perry, US Governors, Social Security, Personal Finance

23 hrs ago | Examiner.com

Senators Cornyn and Cruz are not drinking Kool-Aid of Obama immigration reform

Texas senators John Cornyn and Ted Cruz are calling for guaranteed and common sense solutions in the great immigration reform bill debate that is now in its second week in Washington D.C. Cruz is filing an amendment to the legislation to counteract Monday's Supreme Court decision by allowing states to require proof of citizenship when people ... (more)

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Senator Ted Cruz

Tue Jun 18, 2013

Nanaimo Daily News

GOP House, Democratic Senate embark on diverging paths on agency budget cuts

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., accompanied by members of the GOP leadership, meet with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 18, 2013, following a Republican strategy session.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Mitch McConnell, Senator John Barrasso, Lamar Alexander, John Thune

Dallas Morning News

Sen. John Cornyn discloses 3 Texas pensions as supplemental income

Sen. John Cornyn has been supplementing his Senate salary for six years with pensions earned from his days as a Texas judge and attorney general - retirement payments that went undisclosed for several years.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Texas Government, Texas, Pension, Personal Finance, Bexar County, TX

KMID

UT/TT Poll: Legislature Stands Ahead of Congress

Texas politicians and institutions are getting much better marks from the state's voters than the president and Congress, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll.

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Related Topix: US News, Senator Ted Cruz, US Politics, US Senate, Republican, Texas Government, Texas, Rick Perry, US Governors

MotherJones

Sen. Reid: "Poison Pill" Immigration Amendment Will Get a Vote

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has called an amendment floated by Sen. John Cornyn a "poison pill" that, if passed, could kill the immigration bill.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US Politics, US News, Harry Reid, US Senate, Democrat, Republican, Senator Marco Rubio, Illegal Immigration

The Beaumont Enterprise

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz

Senator Ted Cruz speaks during a news conference at the Capitol in Austin, Texas, on Monday, April 1, 2013.

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Related Topix: Senator Ted Cruz, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Texas Government, Texas, Senator Mike Lee, Senator Rand Paul

Tri-cityherald.com

Our Voice: Immigration reform needs fair chance, not sabotage

In this May 17, 2013 file photo, Rep. Kenny Marchant, R-Texas speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Kenny Marchant, US Senate, Texas Government, Texas

The Daily Beast

The Reality of Illegal Immigration

If conservative Republicans like Rubio and Ayotte don't help to shape the immigration bill, that change will be left to the liberals, writes Stuart Stevens.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US News, Illegal Immigration, US Politics, US Senate, Republican, California

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, Neil Patrick Harris, Senator Marco Rubio, Jeff Flake, US House of Representatives