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  • Key House chairman: Senate immigration bill repeats mistakes of 1986

    Byron York

    Published: Wed, May 22, 2013

    Republican Rep. Bob Goodlatte, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, will be one of the most important men on Capitol Hill in the fight to pass comprehensive immigration reform. With the Gang of Eight bill looking more and more likely to make it through the Senate in short order, Goodlatte...

  • Rubio: ‘I do not have trust in Washington, D.C.’

    Byron York

    Published: Wed, May 22, 2013

    Republican Sen. Marco Rubio, whose immigration reform proposal would grant far-reaching powers to the Secretary of Homeland Security and other top administration officials, says he does not trust Washington DC to make critical decisions about the nation’s future. Rubio made the comment...

  • Byron York: Lawmakers dig into life-and-death issues of Benghazi

    Byron York

    Published: Mon, May 20, 2013

    Until now, most press coverage of the Benghazi matter has focused on the administration's misleading talking points explaining the attack on the U.S. facility in Libya. But just beneath the surface is the investigation into a potentially more explosive part of the Benghazi story: Whether the...

  • Schumer gives GOP ‘pass’ to vote against benefits for immigrants

    Byron York

    Updated: Mon, May 20, 2013

    One of the defining features of the Senate Judiciary Committee meetings considering amendments to the Gang of Eight immigration reform bill is that the two Republican Gang members on the committee — Sens. Lindsey Graham and Jeff Flake — have often sided with unanimous Democrats to vote down...

  • Immigration fight moves to House, with deep divide over legalization

    Byron York

    Updated: Mon, May 20, 2013

    There will be an event on Capitol Hill this week that will tell us a lot about the future of comprehensive immigration reform. On Wednesday, the House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on the Senate Gang of Eight reform proposal. It doesn’t have any great official purpose; the Gang bill...

  • Byron York: What is the real number of illegal border crossings?

    Byron York

    Published: Thu, May 16, 2013

    Security along the U.S. border with Mexico is perhaps the key factor in the debate over comprehensive immigration reform. Those who believe the border is mostly secure already are more inclined to support the plan of the bipartisan Gang of Eight in the Senate -- legalization first, followed by...

  • GOP lawmakers question Kathleen Sebelius about Obamacare fundraising

    Byron York

    Updated: Wed, May 15, 2013

    Three Republican members of the House Subcommittee Health and Human Services have written a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius demanding that she reveal details of her solicitations to health care companies for donations to fund the implementation of Obamacare....

  • Byron York: IRS scandal raises fears about enforcing Obamacare

    Byron York

    Published: Mon, May 13, 2013

    The Internal Revenue Service scandal would be bad enough if the IRS just handled issues like collecting income taxes and granting nonprofit status. But the immensely powerful federal agency is about to become even more powerful with the arrival of national health care, and that makes the...

  • A talk with Jason Richwine: 'I do not apologize for any of my work'

    Byron York

    Updated: Mon, May 13, 2013

    "It seemed like that day lasted forever," says Jason Richwine of last Wednesday, when he found himself in the middle of a media firestorm over his writings about Hispanic immigrants and intelligence. "I knew that this probably would not end well." It didn't. On Friday morning, the 31 year-old...

  • Byron York: Benghazi is all about Obama

    Byron York

    Updated: Fri, May 10, 2013

    The conventional wisdom in much of the press is that Republicans are pursuing the Benghazi investigation because they want to damage Hillary Clinton’s chances of becoming president in 2016. Perhaps there are some Republicans who are motivated by that, but it appears most are simply trying,...


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