Senators weighing landmark immigration bill defeat GOP effort to boost ID requirements
Source: Star Tribune
Graham :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-14 19:16:23 -0700 | political-news
Senators weighing a landmark immigration bill defeated an effort by Republicans Tuesday to require biometric identification such as fingerprinting to track who is entering and leaving the country. The amendment by Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., would have required a biometric...
Gay-rights issue may kill Gang of Eight's immigration reform bill
Source: The Hill
Graham :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-09 15:06:18 -0700 | political-news
The Senate Gang of Eight, which crafted the immigration legislation, pledged to fight off poison pill amendments that would derail the bill. But one controversial proposal has already divided the group. An amendment sponsored by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick...
House committee to start hearings on Boston bombings
Source: The Washington Times
Graham :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-05 20:25:09 -0700 | travel-news
As Republicans continue to raise questions regarding the Obama administration's handling of intelligence leading up to the Boston bombings, the House this week will hold the first of what is expected to be many congressional hearings on the issue. Three...
Gang of Eight makes it easier for Asylum Seekers, like Boston Marathon Suspects, to come to U.S.
Source: Canadian Free Press
Graham :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-04-24 06:57:19 -0700 | political-news
The Gang of Eight's 844-page immigration reform legislation makes it easier for asylum seekers to come to America. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, the Boston Marathon bomber suspect, who was apprehended last Friday, after he was found wounded in a boat in...
People On Terror Watch List Not Blocked From Buying Guns
Source: National Public Radio
Graham :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-04-24 01:02:20 -0700 | political-news
Even al-Qaida gloats about what's possible under U.S. gun laws. In June 2011, a senior al-Qaida operative named Adam Gadahn released a video message rallying people to take advantage of opportunities those laws provide. "America is absolutely awash with easily...
Lawmakers vow bombing investigations
Source: The Hill
Graham :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-04-23 06:06:22 -0700 | political-news
Boehner said the House Judiciary, Intelligence, and Homeland Security committees would all be looking into how closely the FBI investigated Tsarnaev, who was killed Friday after he and his younger brother allegedly carried out a string of bombings and shootings...
Festival tribes: The people you won't be able to avoid at this summer's big events
Source: The Independent
Graham :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-04-13 16:58:41 -0700 | sports-news
Secret Garden Party Must-see acts: It's about so much more than the music Essential accessory: Headdress Lara isn't sure exactly when festivals consumed her being. Oh no wait, she is: summer 2007, when she and best gal-pal Rosie went to...
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