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  • CBO: About 8 million would gain legal status under Senate immigration bill

    06/18/13 06:17 PM

    WASHINGTON (AP) — CBO: About 8 million would gain legal status under Senate immigration bill .

  • Germany visit showcases a tale of two Obamas

    By Brian Hughes | 06/18/13 06:05 PM

    President Obama will make his encore on the German stage with a speech at Berlin's landmark Brandenburg Gate on Wednesday, returning as a mere mortal rather than the rock star who captivated a country looking for a transcendent U.S. political figure five years ago. In 2008, then-candidate...

  • Gallup: GOP less liked than Democrats

    By Ashe Schow | 06/18/13 05:55 PM

    In a new Gallup poll, Americans rate Republicans less favorably than Democrats, 39 percent to 46 percent. With the onslaught of scandals surrounding the Obama administration, Democrat favorability fell more than GOP favorability -- by 5 percentage points. GOP ratings, however, are the lowest...

  • Ted Cruz files bill to bring back Arizona voter ID law

    By Sean Lengell | 06/18/13 05:35 PM

    Sen. Ted Cruz wasted little time in reacting to Monday's Supreme Court rejection of an Arizona law that demands would-be voters prove they are citizens, filing legislation hours later to allow the measure to return. The high court voted 7-2 to throw out Arizona's voter-approved requirement...

  • Workers charge Indiana unions not abiding by right-to-work law

    By Sean Higgins | 06/18/13 05:05 PM

    Two Indianapolis residents have filed claims with the National Labor Relations Board, stating that despite Indiana’s right to work law, they are still having union dues deducted from their paychecks against their wishes. Right to work laws ban such practices. Indiana adopted one last year, but...

  • Deputy AG admits spy program mistakenly targets innocent people

    By Ashe Schow | 06/18/13 04:55 PM

    James Cole, deputy attorney general, testified before the House Intelligence Committee on Tuesday that when it comes to metadata collection, "every now and then there may be a mistake." Cole made the revelation while defending the National Security Agency against revelations that it collected...

  • Deputy AG on NSA spying: The Fourth Amendment does not apply

    By Ashe Schow | 06/18/13 04:55 PM

    Testifying before Congress on Tuesday about the National Security Agency's collection of private American's phone records, Deputy Attorney General James Cole stated that, "Under the law, the Fourth Amendment does not apply to these records." He then cited a Supreme Court case that indicated...

  • Senate kills amendments to toughen border security, visa oversight in immigration reform bill

    By Susan Ferrechio | 06/18/13 04:50 PM

    The Senate Tuesday defeated two amendments aimed at strengthening border security in the “Gang of Eight” immigration reform bill, including a provision that would have required a double-layer fence on the nation’s southern border. The back-to-back defeat of the two provisions was a blow...

  • Can a carbon tax ever work as a conservative solution?

    By Ashe Schow | 06/18/13 04:45 PM

    Representatives from the Heartland Institute, Heritage Foundation, R Street Institute and Energy and Enterprise Initiative gathered last week at the FHI 360 Conference Center in Washington, D.C. to debate whether conservatives should support a carbon tax. Those in favor argued that the tax...

  • Kicking off new push on guns, Biden predicts opponents will face voters’ wrath

    By Susan Crabtree | 06/18/13 04:35 PM

    Vice President Joe Biden, angrily denouncing opponents of gun control, predicted Tuesday that senators who helped block an expansion of background checks for gun sales two months ago would pay a political price for their votes. “I would say to my friends in the House and Senate, the country...


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