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Congress plows familiar turf on guns
As he wrapped up a hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee on guns and gun violence on Wednesday, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) made clear he expects his panel to move forward in coming weeks on gun legislation - but what will be in that bill isn't so clear. "I hope ...
Searching for common ground on immigration reform
The immigration reform plans issued this week by President Obama and a bipartisan group of Senators share some of the same goals but have some key differences as well, as both sides prepare for what may be a difficult battle on how best to deal with illegal immigration in the ...
President unveils plans on immigration reform
President Obama used a speech in Las Vegas, Nevada to call for action in the Congress on immigration reform, saying the "time has come" for comprehensive legislation in the Congress. Here is the rundown of what the President wants in a reform bill, as released by the White House. ...
Senators unveil immigration reform framework
With support from the White House, a bipartisan group of eight Senators unveiled a broad immigration reform plan on Capitol Hill today, arguing it provides the chance for a deal between the two parties on this controversial issue. "This bipartisan blueprint is a major breakthrough," said Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY). ...
President Obama lays out second term agenda
Often an Inaugural Address is more about themes and broad policy matters than specifics, and while President Obama did not go into fine details in his second Inaugural, he certainly did set out some legislative markers for what he wants done in the Congress during his next four years in ...
President Obama's Second Inaugural Address
Here is the text of President Barack Obama's Inaugural Address at the U.S. Capitol. The text was provided by the White House. THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ January 21, 2013 Remarks of President Barack Obama – As Prepared for Delivery Inaugural Address Monday, January 21, ...
House skirmishes over additional Hurricane Sandy aid
As the House returns to work this week, there will be a legislative skirmish over a second disaster aid bill for victims of Hurricane Sandy, as some Republicans question whether all of the spending is actually needed. Already dozens of amendments have been filed to the base Republican bill sponsored ...
Senate's Hurricane Sandy relief plan
Senate Democrats on Wednesday unveiled the details of a $60.4 billion disaster aid plan to help deal with the damage from Hurricane Sandy. The plan basically tracks what was proposed late last week by the White House and the Obama Administration. Even as famous bands like the Rolling Stones took ...
$60.4 billion Hurricane Sandy disaster aid request
The White House on Friday sent the Congress a request for $60.4 billion in disaster aid to help with a variety of needs in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, which ravaged the New York and New Jersey areas in October. The Obama Administration wants action on the plan before lawmakers ...
Conservatives slam Boehner over committee changes
With at least four Republicans being booted from key committee slots in the House, GOP leaders and Speaker John Boehner are taking fire from their own right wing, accused of punishing those who don't toe the leadership line all the time. "We haven't even been told officially that we were ...
President Obama's acceptance speech
Here is the text of the prepared remarks of President Barack Obama at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina. The text was provided by the Obama-Biden campaign. Michelle, I love you. The other night, I think the entire country saw just how lucky I am. Malia and ...
Text of Mitt Romney's GOP convention speech
Here is the text of Republican Mitt Romney's speech to the GOP convention in Tampa, as he accepted his party's nomination for President on Thursday night. This transcript was provided by the Romney campaign: Mr. Chairman, delegates. I accept your nomination for President of the United States of America. I ...
Reporters get a Supreme Court reminder
Through the years that I have covered news in Washington, D.C., I have always tried to follow one rule - don't try to predict what the Supreme Court is going to do on a certain case. That was driven home this week by decisions in several major cases of the ...
Supreme Court knocks Arizona Immigration Law
I'm not a lawyer and I don't try to play one on TV. But reading through the Supreme Court ruling on the Arizona immigration law, it just seems like it is a win for the Obama Administration and a major setback for states looking to exert some influence in the ...
Supreme Court Monday
All eyes Monday morning will again be on the U.S. Supreme Court, as this week should bring what some believe may be a landmark decision on the Obama health law as well as a controversial illegal immigration law from Arizona. There are other cases still to be ruled on by ...
Romney issues immigration strategy
After taking flak over the last week for his reaction to a move by President Obama on younger illegal immigrants, Republican Mitt Romney today used a speech to a Latino conference in Florida to lay out his immigration strategy. Here are the bullet points as issued by the Romney campaign: ...
Romney to address immigration issue
A week ago, the tide seemed to be running relentlessly against President Obama and Democrats - the private sector was not "doing fine," economic indicators were going the wrong way, and then Mr. Obama made a surprise announcement on how the feds would deal with some younger illegal immigrants. The ...
GOP response remains muted on Obama immigration move
While rank and file Republicans in Congress have been expressing their opposition to President Obama's move to stop deportations of some younger illegal immigrants, GOP leaders in the House and Senate still seem somewhat flummoxed by the issue. For example, if you go to Speaker John Boehner's web site, you ...
Congress unlikely to move on Obama immigration change
While many Republicans denounced President Obama surprise Friday move on younger illegal immigrants, there was no sense in Washington, D.C. in recent days that Congress would seriously try to overturn that change anytime soon. If you only paid attention to the Twitter account and web pages of Speaker John Boehner, ...
Obama makes big change on immigration policy
This is the memo given to reporters that was unveiled today by Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, which lays out how the federal government will use "prosecutorial discretion" to allow younger illegal immigrants to stay in the country and gain work permits. But the move stops short of granting them ...
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