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Senate Agrees to Hear Debate on Immigration Bill

attorneyjennifer wrote 1 day ago: Last week , the US Senate approved the motion to proceed with the Gang of 8 immigration bill.  There … more →

Tags: Immigration, Bellaire, spring branch, Deferred Action, DREAM Act, work permit, USCIS, Citizenship and Immigration Services, houston immigration attorney

Durbin: Special Counsel May Be Necessary To Investigate IRS

nickschmit82 wrote 2 weeks ago: CHICAGO (CBS) — One of the Obama administration’s biggest supporters in the Senate says … more →

Tags: News, Local, Politics, Heard On WBBM 780, Syndicated Local, I.R.S., Scandal

LGBT Immigration Reform Hall of Shame

sokebe wrote 3 weeks ago: A visual guide to yesterday’s key players (villains?) in the ongoing battle for gay and lesbia … more →

Tags: public perception, Politics, Things I dislike, UAFA, binational same sex couples, gay and lesbian immigration reform, Senator Chuck Schumer, Senator Patrick Leahy, Senator Al Franken

On immigration, advocates readying for "big battle ahead"

Sandra Lilley wrote 1 month ago: The bipartisan Senate “Gang of Eight” members are bracing for a “battle,” sa … more →

Tags: Politics, Americas Voice, Immigration reform, Senate Gang of Eight, Senator Chuck Schumer, Senator Jeff flake, Senator John McCain, Senator Lindsay Graham, Senator Marco Rubio

Workable or Unworkable? The H-1B and L-1 Visa Provisions in BSEOIMA, S. 744

Gary Endelman wrote 1 month ago: By Gary Endelman and Cyrus D. Mehta The Senate Immigration Bill, S. 744, entitled the Border Securit … more →

Tags: Blog, BSEOIMA, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, H-1B, L-1, Neufeld memo, Senate Bill 744, Senator Chuck Schumer, sentaor chuck grassley

Glenn Beck and May Day

edwardohare wrote 1 month ago: Recently Glenn has spent a decent amount of time covering the Houston airport shooting/suicide and h … more →

Tags: The Glenn Beck stuff, glenn beck, Socialism, May Day, Haymarket Affair, communism, annarchism, rosa luxembourg

Durbin Proposes Cap On Interest Rates For Payday Loans2 comments

nickschmit82 wrote 1 month ago: CHICAGO (CBS) — Senator Dick Durbin said today that some of the nation’s biggest banks a … more →

Tags: watch & listen, News, Local, Politics, Heard On WBBM 780, Syndicated Local, Banks, u s bank, fifth third bank

Senators to add high tech visas to immigration bill but dispute details

Maria Eugenia Alcón wrote 2 months ago: WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators finalizing a massive immigration bill are arguing over plans to boo … more →

Tags: Politics, facebook, Google, Tech, Wages, paid, Immigration reform, Sen. Marco Rubio, h-1b visas

Senators: Immigration reform to come by summer

Sandra Lilley wrote 4 months ago: A major breakthrough – that’s what a bipartisan group of Senators called their immigrati … more →

Tags: Politics, Bipartisan, center for community change, Congressman Luis Gutierrez, Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart, Democrats, Immigration reform, Jay Carney, NALEO

Senators reach a deal on immigration changes

Maria Eugenia Alcón wrote 4 months ago: WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan group of leading senators has reached agreement on the principl … more →

Tags: Politics, Border, Citizenship, Immigration, Latino voters, naturalization, President Obama, Senator Marco Rubio, undocumented

Durbin: 'We're Buying What We Can Get' With Debt Ceiling Extension

bellovoce01 wrote 4 months ago: Durbin: ‘We’re Buying What We Can Get’ With Debt Ceiling Extension Copyright © 201 … more →

Tags: national public radio, npr, debt ceiling, Republicans, Dick Durbin, Democratic Party (United States), Illinois, Senate, Patty Murray

Those Who Turned Away....

kavips wrote 5 months ago: Every Senator steps forward on his first day in office, puts his hand on the Bible and then utters t … more →

Tags: Joe Lieberman, National Defense, obama, Senator Tom Carper, Senator Dorgan, Mitch McConnell, John McCain, Olympia Snow, Senator Barbara Boxer

Amid Appointment Talk, Kerry Fights For Disabled Rights

giancarlogonzalez wrote 6 months ago: Senator John Kerry (D-MA) led a group of senators and organization leaders in urging passage of the … more →

Tags: News, Congress, United Nations, Senate, Giancarlo Gonzalez, U. N., Politics, Current Events, Senator John Kerry

3 Chics Politico Sunday Wrap Up7 comments

Ametia wrote 8 months ago: From the Sunday Shows: DURBIN: Romney Has Written Off Middle Class Families.On “State of the Union” … more →

Tags: Current Events, Politics, media, President Obama, 3 Chics Politico, Robert Gibbs, David Axelrod, 2012 election, Sunday Wrap-Up

A Senate Hearing on Hate Crimes1 comment

Lena Shareef wrote 9 months ago: Senator Dick Durbin leading the hearing Yesterday I attended a senate hearing on the rise of hate cr … more →

Tags: Current Events, Politics, Religion, Sikhs and Muslims, Hate Crimes, Senate, Current Events #3

And He Will Say, "On Day One, I Will Get Rid Of the Wall Street Reforms; We Need Less Regulation, Not More."

kavips wrote 9 months ago: yep, it will be in his speech tonight….. And pundits will cheer, slobber, pat themselves on th … more →

Tags: Wall Street Journal, Mitt Romney, republican ineptitude, Republican Lies, Paul Ryan, wall street reform

Drought Forces Debate on Ethanol

jmbutler13 wrote 10 months ago: ILLINOIS (IRN) – Given the drought, there’s discussion of making ethanol mandates go away. U.S … more →

Tags: News, Business, Local News, Agriculture, Illinois, Corn, Drought, ethanol mandates, Energy Independence

Senator Dick Durbin on Bush tax cuts vote

iearegion28 wrote 10 months ago: Yesterday, thanks to pressure from more than 23,000 DickDurbin​.com petition signers and thousands o … more →

Tags: Illinois, Rep. John Boehner, bush tax cuts

Sen. Dick Durbin Expects No New Gun Laws Because of Massacre

Bill Reker wrote 10 months ago: WASHINGTON (IRN) - U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) expects the movie massacre in Colorado to result i … more →

Tags: News, Politics, Local News, gun laws


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