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Gang of Eight plots strategy for immigration floor fight
The Gang of Eight's strategy for passing immigration reform through the Senate next month is to stick close together through a barrage of tough amendments.
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Protesters demand LGBT equality in immigration reform
In between rainy hours, about three dozen activists gathered in Doral to protest against Senator Marco Rubio 's latest move in the immigration debate that has become the largest non-issue of Washington, D.C. The controversial immigration bill, hoping to give undocumented aliens a small light at the end of a long tunnel, passed the Senate Judiciary ... (more)
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An Ar ExclusiveCRIST Gets 'Cold Feet' on Offshore Drilling Ban
Fla. State Rep. Keith Fitzgerald, a high-ranking two-term Sarasota Democrat, told the Federation of Manatee County Community Associations Tuesday night that judging from comments Crist made Tuesday afternoon, Republican House speaker-designate Dean Cannon of Orlando appears to be near success in persuading the newly-re-registered governor to ... (more)
Inside the Beltway: Rumsfeld rule for Obama
Donald H. Rumsfeld has created considerable buzz with his book "Rumsfeld's Rules: Leadership Lessons in Business, Politics, War, and Life," which includes 400 advisories for those who would be leaders.
CO-Gov: Tom Tancredo (R) To Run For Governor... Again
Well it's looking Governor John Hickenlooper is looking more and more like he's safe for re-election: Former U.S. Rep.
McCain Looks to Defuse 'Nuclear' Threat
McCain and Rubio disagree over how hard the GOP should push debt limit restrictions when allowing the appointment of budget agreement conferees.
Drone Strike Oversight Sought by King, Rubio
Just a day after the Justice Department disclosed publicly that four Americans had been killed overseas as a result of targeted drone strikes, two senators are calling for an independent "red-strike analysis" before launching lethal strikes directed at other Americans.
Rubio: ‘I do not have trust in Washington DC’
Republican Sen. Marco Rubio, whose immigration reform proposal would grant far-reaching powers to the Secretary of Homeland Security and other top administration officials, says he does not trust Washington DC to make critical decisions about the nation's future.
NCA president: Sugar reform necessary to preserve US candy industry
Lawrence T. Graham, president of the National Confectioners Association said sugar industry reform is needed to keep the American confectionery industry competitive.
Sugar interests win Senate vote
Helped along by a run of relatively low prices, sugar interests won a Senate farm bill vote Wednesday evening, defeating efforts at reform sought by a coalition of candy-makers, conservative activists and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
Senate Leaders Millionaires in Disclosure Data
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell both reported their net worth in the millions of dollars as the U.S. Senate today released personal financial disclosure reports for its members.
5 things to watch as Senate immigration debate continues
The drive to get the core of a sweeping immigration bill through a Democrat-controlled Senate committee ended in success, but showed how some aspects of the bill provide ammunition for critics who seek to derail the historic measure if it is not altered.
Wis. governor to court Iowans, stoke 2016 talk
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is gearing up for re-election next year, his third race in four years.
McCain Attacks Rubio for Opposing Debt Ceiling Increase (when...
On the Senate floor Wednesday, Senator John McCain angrily stated that fellow Republican Senator Marco Rubio was delaying Senate business by objecting to a routine increase of the debt limit.
Immigration activists protest Sen. Marco Rubio after gay couples left out of reform bill
Gay activists gathered Wednesday in front of U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio’s Doral office to protest the Senate Judiciary Committee’s failure to include undocumented gay foreign nationals in a bipartisan immigration reform bill the panel approved late Tuesday.
Wednesday, Sen. Marco Rubio held up the idea of making key lime pie the official pie of the United States as an example of a laughable idea .
Rubio backs Senate bill, endorses some changes
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio called May 21 for some unspecified changes to the Senate immigration bill, but didn't suggest he would withdraw his much-touted support if the bill's border security, worker-protections and spending limits aren't improved.
Immigration reform isn't 'amnesty'
If, as the saying goes, "words are the clothes that thoughts wear," American politics has become a full-fledged masquerade ball.
Senate panel approves weapons for Syrian rebels
A Senate panel voted on Tuesday to provide weapons to rebels battling the forces of Syrian President Bashar Assad , the first time lawmakers have endorsed the aggressive U.S. military step of arming the opposition in the 2-year-old civil war.
McConnell won't block immigration bill from hitting Senate floor
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday said he would not try to block immigration reform from reaching the floor despite the opposition of some conservative leaders.