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15 min ago | The Hill

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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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US Politics, US News, Harry Reid, US Senate, Democrat, Charles Schumer, Byron Dorgan, Republican

2 hrs ago | Examiner.com

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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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Activism, Patrick Leahy, Democrat, Gay/Lesbian

4 hrs ago | American Reporter

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)

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Offshore Drilling, Sarasota, FL, Manatee County, FL, Charlie Crist, US Governors, Oil Spill

Thu May 23, 2013

Washington Times

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.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican

Daily Kos

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.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US Politics, US News, Tom Tancredo, US Governors, John Hickenlooper, US Senate, Republican

Roll Call

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.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, John McCain, Republican, Senator Mike Lee, Senator Ted Cruz

Roll Call

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.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Senator Angus King

Free Republic

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.

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

Confectionery News

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.

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Candy, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican

Politico

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.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Mary Landrieu, Democrat, Senator Dick Durbin, Illinois, Senator Patrick Toomey

Wed May 22, 2013

Bloomberg

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.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Harry Reid, US Senate, Democrat, Republican, Mitch McConnell, Senator Rand Paul, Senator John Barrasso, W.

Garden City Observer

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.

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

Seattle Times

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.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Paul Ryan, Iowa, US Senate, Senator Rand Paul, Scott Walker, US Governors

Free Republic

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.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US Politics, US News, US Senate, John McCain, Republican

The Miami Herald

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.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, Gay/Lesbian, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Prison, Illegal Immigration

The Washington Post

Any way you slice it

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 .

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Related Topix: US Senate, Republican, US Politics, US News

The Daily Caller

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.

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

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinal

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.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, Scott Walker, US Governors, US News, US Politics, US Senate, Republican, US House of Representatives, Paul Ryan, Illegal Immigration, Opinion

WHIO

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.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Senator Rand Paul, Senator Bob Menendez, Bob Corker

Tue May 21, 2013

The Hill

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.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US News, US Politics, US Senate, Republican, Mitch McConnell, John McCain