CBO: 8 million to gain legal status in Senate bill
About 8 million immigrants living unlawfully in the United States would initially gain legal status under sweeping legislation moving toward a vote in the Senate, the Congressional Budget Office said Tuesday, adding the bill would push federal deficits lower in each of the next two decades.
Rural lawmakers push for farm bill votes in House
Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press |
posted 28 minutes ago
Farm-state lawmakers are scrambling to win bipartisan votes for a five year, half-trillion dollar farm bill on the House floor this week.
IRS worker: No political bias against tea party
Philip Elliott, Associated Press |
posted 42 minutes ago
A Democratic congressman has released the full transcript of congressional investigators' interview with an Internal Revenue Service manager and self-described conservative Republican who said the close scrutiny of tea party groups' tax forms originated in his Cincinnati IRS office, not in Washington.
NSA director says plot against Wall Street foiled
Kimberly Dozier and Donna Cassata, Associated Press |
posted 56 minutes ago
The U.S. foiled a plot to bomb the New York Stock Exchange because of the sweeping surveillance programs at the heart of a debate over national security and personal privacy, officials said Tuesday at a rare open hearing on intelligence led by lawmakers sympathetic to the spying.
House, Senate on diverging paths on agency budgets
Andrew Taylor, Associated Press |
posted Jun 18th - 2:59pm
Republicans controlling the House unveiled slashing cuts Tuesday to a program that helps localities build community development projects, while their rivals in the Democratic-led Senate proposed to restore GOP cuts to international food aid and nutrition help for pregnant women.
House takes up far-reaching anti-abortion bill
Jim Abrams, Associated Press |
posted Jun 18th - 1:55pm
The Republican-led House on Tuesday sought to shore up their support from conservatives with a vote on one of the most far-reaching anti-abortion bills in years.
Boehner: Senate bill weak on border security
Stephen Ohlemacher, Associated Press |
posted Jun 18th - 9:10am
House Speaker John Boehner (BAY'-nur) says any immigration bill passing the House ought to have support from a majority of both Republicans and Democrats. That's a high bar on a difficult, often partisan issue.
Immigration splits GOP's national, House interests
Charles Babington, Associated Press |
posted Jun 17th - 2:41pm
The Republican Party's hope of running stronger presidential races by revamping immigration is about to hit a big hurdle: House Republicans.
McCain presses Obama on secret emails
Jack Gillum, Associated Press |
posted Jun 17th - 1:41pm
Republican Sen. John McCain on Monday questioned President Barack Obama about his political appointees' use of secret government email accounts at work, saying that Congress cannot tell the American people what its government is doing if it creates a "secret alternate communications network."
Senator wants answers about alleged CIA payments
Richard Lardner, Associated Press |
posted Jun 17th - 1:35pm
Senator Bob Corker says he's holding up $75 million in U.S. assistance to Afghanistan until he gets answers from the Obama administration about alleged cash payments from the CIA to Afghan President Hamid Karzai.
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