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2 hrs ago | GlobeNewswire

USHCC Applauds Senate Judiciary Committee for Moving Immigration Reform Bill to Full Senate

WASHINGTON, May 24, 2013 -- The United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce commends the Senate Judiciary Committee for its bipartisan vote this week to approve the Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act, which will now proceed to the Senate floor.

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

6 hrs ago | Sentencing Law and Policy

"Prison-Sentence Reform: A bill to give judges flexibility to impose...

The title of this post is the headline of this notable new National Review commentary by David Keene, a former president of the National Rifle Association and the American Conservative Union, explaining why conservatives should support the Justice Safety Valve Act.

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Related Topix: Prison, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Senator Rand Paul, Democrat

Fri May 24, 2013

Boston.com

Gay rights advances not evident in immigration bill debate

It was "with a heavy heart" that Senator Patrick Leahy, the Vermont Democrat, said he was withdrawing his amendment that would have allowed gay Americans to bring their foreign partners into the country as part of the immigration overhaul that passed through the Senate Judiciary Committee earlier this week.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, Gay/Lesbian, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Wedding

WebProNews

Sen. Rand Paul Introduces Online Privacy Protection Bill

There's not a lack of online privacy protection bills floating around Congress at the moment, but it can't hurt to have one more.

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Related Topix: Privacy, US News, US Politics, US Senate, Democrat

Advocate

Op-ed: Democrats Throw Queers Under The Bus-Again

When will the Democrats be our allies in more than name only? It's a reasonable question.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US News, Gay/Lesbian, US Politics, US Senate, Democrat, Dianne Feinstein, Senator Dick Durbin, Opinion

World Magazine

Signs and Wonders: Gay marriage advocates fight the battle to lose the war on immigration reform

Silly me. Earlier this week, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., tried to tack on an amendment to the immigration bill that would allow an American citizen's foreign-born, same-sex "spouse" the ability to become a citizen.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, Gay/Lesbian, Wedding, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat

NJ.com

A necessary compromise on immigration: Editorial

Immigration reform is closer to being realized than ever before, enabling 11 million immigrants living in the United States without authorization to earn their pathway to citizenship, strengthening border patrols and making it easier for highly skilled workers to be employed here and become citizens.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Gay/Lesbian, Senator Marco Rubio, Republican, Transgender, Robert Menendez, US House of Representatives, Opinion

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, Senator Marco Rubio, US News, US Senate, Republican, Activism, Democrat, Gay/Lesbian

Thu May 23, 2013

Watertown Daily Times

Congressman Owens introduces amendment to block "border fee" proposal

Rep. William L. Owens, D-Plattsburgh, has introduced an amendment to the Department of Homeland Security appropriations bill that could block the proposed 'border fee' study from being funded.

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

International Business Times

How The Senate Immigration Bill May Affect Travel To And From The US

Those who work in the U.S. travel industry hailed the immigration reform bill, which passed the Senate Judiciary Committee by a bipartisan 13-to-5 vote Tuesday night, as a decisive step toward improving travel into and out of the country.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Charles Schumer, Republican, Senator Mike Lee, Orrin Hatch, Representative Mazie Hirono, US House of Representatives

Politico

Gay activists 'utterly betrayed'

After years of vilifying prominent religious and conservative leaders, gay activists on Wednesday turned their ire to an unlikely target: Democrats.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, Immigration Reform, US News, US Politics, US Senate, Democrat, Senator Chuck Schumer, Charles Schumer

The Press-Enterprise

Immigration Reform: Takano urges same-sex partner rights

Rep. Mark Takano, D-Riverside, said he will work to restore rights for same-sex couples in the comprehensive immigration bill that is now before the Senate.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US Politics, Representative Mark Takano, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Gay/Lesbian, US Senate, Wedding

Seven Days

Local Food Producers Trek to the Capitol for the Annual Taste of Vermont

The U.S. Senate's Kennedy Caucus Room is an arresting place with soaring marble columns and blood-red curtains that extend almost to a ceiling carved with gilded rosettes and ornate patterns.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Vermont, Vermont Government, Life, Food, Recipes

New Hampshire Public Radio -

Fears Of Killing Immigration Bill Doomed Same-Sex Amendment

Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. , listens to testimony during a hearing on the immigration bill on April 22.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Gay/Lesbian, John McCain, Republican

Wed May 22, 2013

Seven Days

Vermont's F-35 Foes Have Found a Sympathetic Poster Child in "Gramma"

Patrick Leahy's Main Street office in Burlington. After speaking at the event, Sargent hand-delivered a box of fudge to Leahy's fourth-floor suite.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Vermont, Burlington, VT, US Military, US Air Force, Talking Heads, Pop/Rock

Uprisingradio.org

HuffPost: Patrick Leahy Signals Support For Hemp Legalization

Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy on Tuesday signaled to advocates that he would support an amendment to the farm bill that will legalize industrial hemp production, according to Tom Murphy of Vote Hemp.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Drug Enforcement Administration, Drugs, Immigration Reform, Republican, Mitch McConnell

WFLX-TV West Palm Beach

4 Americans killed since 2009 in US drone strikes

The Obama administration acknowledged for the first time Wednesday that four American citizens have been killed in drone strikes since 2009 in Pakistan and Yemen.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, US Senate, Democrat

KTEN-TV Denison

Immigration bill heads to full Senate

An Arizona restaurateur's online rants against unhappy customers has become an Internet sensation - and taught small businesses an important lesson about keeping customers happy.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Jeff Flake, Representative Gabrielle Giffords, Republican, US House of Representatives, Senator Jeff Flake, Restaurant Management

Tue May 21, 2013

The Advocate

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U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu on Tuesday led a congressional hearing on "Assistance for Children in Adversity" as the federal government continues implementing its first-ever "action plan" to assist struggling children worldwide.

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Related Topix: US Senate, US Politics, Mary Landrieu, Democrat, US News

The San Diego Union-Tribune

Leahy steps back on gay marriage issue

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., right, confers with the committee's ranking Republican, Sen.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, Gay/Lesbian, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Republican, Chuck Grassley, Senator Chuck Schumer