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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 DC’

    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...