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Immigration reform divides Republicans
WASHINGTON — The immigration reform bill crafted by a bipartisan group of senators has deeply split the Republican minority even as lawmakers prepare to take the first votes on the proposal Thursday. Alabama's Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions, a...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Immigration, Human Interest, Minority Groups, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013)
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Vote on Obama's choice to lead Labor Department delayed
WASHINGTON -- A vote on President Obama’s nominee to lead the Labor Department was delayed for an additional week, the latest roadblock for the controversial choice. The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions was scheduled to...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Tom Harkin, Thomas Edward Perez, Republican Party, Elections
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Accord reached on farmworkers for immigration bill
WASHINGTON — Agreement was reached late Friday between farm labor unions and growers on one of the last major components of a sweeping immigration bill being drafted in the Senate — a deal that would set the terms of wages, visas and working...
Tags: Dianne Feinstein, Immigration, Migration, Personal Data Collection, U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Obama courts GOP senators, Part II
WASHINGTON – President Obama is proving to be a popular dinner host. Republican senators who dined Wednesday at the White House, the second time Obama has extended an invitation to his sometime adversaries, offered mostly positive reviews,...
Tags: Mike Enzi, Roger F. Wicker, Johnny Isakson, Susan Collins, Budgets and Budgeting
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Immigration talks bog down over numbers
WASHINGTON — Senate negotiations to overhaul the nation's immigration laws have stumbled over the hiring of half a million migrant farmworkers each year — an issue that is crucial for California's vast agricultural industry, which employs more...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Dianne Feinstein, Immigration, Migration, Personal Data Collection
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A filibustered judicial nominee withdraws
New York lawyer Caitlin Halligan, who was first nominated to the federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., almost 2 1/2 years ago, has asked President Obama to withdraw her nomination. As The Times noted in an editorial today, Halligan was the victim...
Tags: Lindsey O. Graham, Joe Biden, Republican Party, Sonia Sotomayor, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary
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Senate committee OKs Jacob Lew nomination for Treasury secretary
WASHINGTON -- A Senate committee voted Tuesday to confirm Jacob J. Lew as Treasury Secretary despite Republican concerns about his support for higher taxes to reduce the nation's debt as well as his tenure as a Citigroup Inc. executive before joining...
Tags: Republican Party, Citigroup Incorporated, White House, Economy, Business and Finance, Chuck Grassley
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Treasury nominee Jacob Lew faces tough questions on Citigroup job
WASHINGTON -- Treasury Secretary nominee Jacob J. Lew on Wednesday faced tough questions from Republican senators about his tenure as a top executive at Citigroup Inc. in the years leading up to the financial crisis. Lew was criticized for not knowing...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Jack Lew, Chuck Grassley, U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, Finance
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Treasury nominee Jacob J. Lew says he would work to boost recovery
WASHINGTON -- Treasury secretary nominee Jacob J. Lew told senators Wednesday that his top priority was to boost the economic recovery while also grappling with the nation's growing debt. In his confirmation hearing before the Senate Finance Committee,...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Timothy Geithner, Republican Party, Max Baucus, White House
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Republicans maintain filibuster threat ahead of Hagel vote
WASHINGTON – On the eve of a Senate committee vote on Chuck Hagel’s nomination to lead the Pentagon, a group of Republican senators continued Monday to threaten what would be a historic filibuster for a Cabinet appointment despite warnings...
Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, United Nations, Dirk Kempthorne, Lindsey O. Graham, Armed Forces
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The challenging math of passing immigration reform
WASHINGTON – Senators from both parties are expressing enthusiasm for pushing a comprehensive overhaul of the nation’s immigration system. But while immigration politics appears to have changed in the wake of sweeping Republican rejection...
Tags: Immigration, Debbie Stabenow, Richard Shelby, Tom Coburn, Carl Levin
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School's Modesty Club urges girls to show restraint, less skin
L.A. NOWA teenager’s call for her peers to lose their tight or revealing outfits and show restraint in their dress has prompted city officials to declare Dec. 3-7 Modesty Week in South Pasadena. Saige Hatch, 15, launched the South Pasadena High......
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