Immigration bill backers thwart conservative amendments
By Richard Cowan and Thomas Ferraro WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A landmark bill backed by U.S. President Barack Obama to overhaul the nation's immigration ...
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Vt.'s only pharmacy school to hold 1st graduation
COLCHESTER, Vt. — Vermont's only pharmacy school is graduating its first class in a ceremony at the Champlain Valley Exposition.
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Sunday shows: DeMint tries to kill an immigration bill, and Leahy tries not to
On Sunday morning, former South Carolina senator Jim DeMint previewed the forthcoming conservative attack against the immigration reform bill, which ...
Sen. Leahy Visits Glebe Elementary
Third graders from Glebe Elementary School in Arlington welcomed a special guest today: Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.). Students at the school had ...
Sen. Durbin says preserve basics of immigration reform plan
WASHINGTON, May 5 (UPI) -- A leading Democrat in the U.S. Senate said the bones of an immigration reform bill will remain in place despite some ...
The GOP's Big Gay Immigrant Dilemma
Most of the controversial measures in the Senate's immigration reform bill are about loosening current laws — increasing the number of visas for both ...
Senate Judiciary panel to debate high-skilled immigration amendments
The Senate Judiciary Committee will consider amendments to the section of the Gang of Eight bill that proposes to modify the immigration rules for ...
Democrats in Triage Mode on White House Scandals
As three separate scandals - the IRS targeting the tea party, the Justice Department's phone-records grab from the AP, and Benghazi - erupt ...
Out with It
In April 1975, Sen. Frank Church impaneled a special investigative committee to look into shocking accounts of CIA dirty tricks.
Justice Department Says It May Support Email Privacy Bill
In the debate over email privacy, law enforcement has usually been on the side claiming a warrant requirement when accessing email would impede ...