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Senators tighten student visa rules in immigration bill
The Senate Judiciary Committee amended the sweeping immigration bill Tuesday to tighten student visa rules in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings. The committee, which is trying to get through the 844-page bill by the end of the week, also...
Tags: Dick Durbin, Interior Policy, Heritage Foundation, Jeff Sessions, Career and Workplace
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Obama stumps for his stalled economic agenda in Texas
WASHINGTON -- President Obama said Thursday that the United States was “poised for progress,” but accused Congress of thwarting his efforts to get new economic initiatives off the ground. Speaking at a high school in Manor, Texas, Obama said...
Tags: Barack Obama, White House, Republican Party, State of the Union Address, Jay Carney
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Immigration bill survives first day of debate in Senate committee
WASHINGTON — After eight hours of debate, the bipartisan Senate immigration bill emerged mostly intact Thursday, despite Republican-led efforts to make substantial alterations in the first of what is certain to be many long committee meetings to...
Tags: Mexico, Republican Party, Jeff Sessions, Dianne Feinstein, Jeff Flake
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Many amendments, few changes to immigration overhaul
WASHINGTON -- Senators on Thursday began the arduous task of going through some 300 proposed amendments to the delicately constructed bipartisan immigration bill. By lunch, they had disposed of 17. With a packed audience of many pro-immigration...
Tags: Mexico, Republican Party, Gays and Lesbians, Elections, Jeff Sessions
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Senators briefed on the latest from the International Space Station
WASHINGTON -- Sens. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) and Ted Cruz (R-Texas) took a break from earthly political matters Tuesday to talk to NASA astronaut Tom Marshburn, one of two Americans aboard the International Space Station. Marshburn, who has been at the...
Tags: Government, NASA, Heads of State, Science and Technology, Space Programs
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Letters: Narrowing the NRA
Re "Both sides of debate at NRA convention," May 4 When the National Rifle Assn. backed improved background checks on gun buyers in the 1990s, the organization truly was nonpartisan. Time and money have changed that. Witness the lineup of speakers...
Tags: Government, John McCain, Mark Kirk, Republican Party, Elections
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At George W. Bush library, five presidents meet in harmony
DALLAS — The five men who have held the title of president gathered to celebrate the dedication of George W. Bush's presidential library at Southern Methodist University on Thursday, a rare reunion that focused on praising his achievements and...
Tags: Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Elections, State of the Union Address
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At NRA convention, both sides of gun debate
HOUSTON — On the morning of the first day of the National Rifle Assn. convention, before the doors opened, scores of visitors lined up outside the convention center, part of what organizers expect will be a record crowd. Among them was Tilman...
Tags: Government, Gun Control, National Rifle Association of America, Wayne LaPierre, Interior Policy
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Sen. Ted Cruz, the next Barack Obama?
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), a "tea party" favorite, may be new to elected office, but that might not stop him from running for president before his first term in the Senate is over. And the only people who could legitimately question whether he's...
Tags: Barack Obama, Tea Party Movement, George W. Bush, Elections, Politics
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Sens. Feinstein and Boxer keep racking up seniority
WASHINGTON — Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer have served longer together than any other pair of California senators — 20 years — and will soon replace Iowa's team as the current longest-serving tandem. In a chamber where the...
Tags: Interior Policy, Dianne Feinstein, Don Knabe, Environmental Issues, U.S. Congress
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Texas explosion: At least 60 people still unaccounted for
WEST, Texas — About 60 people remained unaccounted for after the explosion at a fertilizer plant here, but authorities remain hopeful that number reflects not a significant loss of life but the difficulty of tracking down people who have been...
Tags: Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion (2013), Chemical Industry, John Cornyn, Fertilizer, Sports
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Immigration proposal, and its small GOP opposition, is unveiled
— Moments before a group of eight senators unveiled a sweeping bipartisan immigration overhaul Thursday, a smaller group launched the GOP opposition. Led by Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama, the Republican push-back emerged as a muted affair....
Tags: Barack Obama, Republican Party, Elections, Marco Rubio, Jeff Sessions
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