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Senators tighten student visa rules in immigration bill

2013-05-14 20:57:00

The Senate Judiciary Committee amended the sweeping immigration bill Tuesday to tighten student visa rules in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings. The committee, which is trying to get through the 844-page bill by the end of the week, also...

Obama stumps for his stalled economic agenda in Texas

2013-05-09 13:50:00

WASHINGTON -- President Obama said Thursday that the United States was “poised for progress,” but accused Congress of thwarting his efforts to get new economic initiatives off the ground. Speaking at a high school in Manor, Texas, Obama said...

Immigration bill survives first day of debate in Senate committee

2013-05-09 20:25:00

WASHINGTON — After eight hours of debate, the bipartisan Senate immigration bill emerged mostly intact Thursday, despite Republican-led efforts to make substantial alterations in the first of what is certain to be many long committee meetings to...

Many amendments, few changes to immigration overhaul

2013-05-09 13:26:00

WASHINGTON -- Senators on Thursday began the arduous task of going through some 300 proposed amendments to the delicately constructed bipartisan immigration bill. By lunch, they had disposed of 17. With a packed audience of many pro-immigration...

Senators briefed on the latest from the International Space Station

2013-05-07 15:12:00

WASHINGTON -- Sens. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) and Ted Cruz (R-Texas) took a break from earthly political matters Tuesday to talk to NASA astronaut Tom Marshburn, one of two Americans aboard the International Space Station. Marshburn, who has been at the...

Letters: Narrowing the NRA

2013-05-07 00:00:00

Re "Both sides of debate at NRA convention," May 4 When the National Rifle Assn. backed improved background checks on gun buyers in the 1990s, the organization truly was nonpartisan. Time and money have changed that. Witness the lineup of speakers...

At NRA convention, both sides of gun debate

2013-05-03 18:50:00

HOUSTON — On the morning of the first day of the National Rifle Assn. convention, before the doors opened, scores of visitors lined up outside the convention center, part of what organizers expect will be a record crowd. Among them was Tilman...

Sen. Ted Cruz, the next Barack Obama?

2013-05-01 18:14:00

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), a "tea party" favorite, may be new to elected office, but that might not stop him from running for president before his first term in the Senate is over. And the only people who could legitimately question whether he's...

Sens. Feinstein and Boxer keep racking up seniority

2013-04-21 19:51:00

WASHINGTON — Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer have served longer together than any other pair of California senators — 20 years — and will soon replace Iowa's team as the current longest-serving tandem. In a chamber where the...

Texas explosion: At least 60 people still unaccounted for

2013-04-19 15:04:00

WEST, Texas — About 60 people remained unaccounted for after the explosion at a fertilizer plant here, but authorities remain hopeful that number reflects not a significant loss of life but the difficulty of tracking down people who have been...

Immigration proposal, and its small GOP opposition, is unveiled

2013-04-18 20:27:00

— Moments before a group of eight senators unveiled a sweeping bipartisan immigration overhaul Thursday, a smaller group launched the GOP opposition. Led by Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama, the Republican push-back emerged as a muted affair....

An end to partisan gamesmanship on judges? Not yet

2013-04-15 14:06:00

After Republicans successfully filibustered two of President Obama’s high-profile nominees to federal appeals courts, the president has launched the proverbial no-holds-barred effort to win confirmation of Deputy Solicitor General Sri Srinivasan for...

Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz left, and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) listen as the Senate Judiciary Committee meets in a markup session to examine proposed changes to immigration reform legislation, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

2013-05-09 00:00:00