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Byron York: House-Senate showdown coming over border security
Byron York
Published: Thu, May 23, 2013
If there were an organized opposition to comprehensive immigration reform -- and there really isn't, compared to the political/business/activist/lobbying complex in favor of it -- the opposition would pound daily on the key weakness at the heart of the Senate Gang of Eight bill. That weakness is...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
