Elise Foley

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Entries by Elise Foley from 08/2011

House Passes Debt Limit Deal

Posted 08.01.2011 | Politics

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WASHINGTON -- The House passed a bill on Monday evening to cut spending by $2.1 trillion and raise the debt ceiling until 2013, just one day before th...

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DREAM Act Students Push For Deferred Deportation Action

Posted 08.03.2011 | Politics

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WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration is quietly halting some deportations of undocumented young people, after a memo in June that directed immigrati...

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Nancy Pelosi: 'You Won't See A Repetition Of Last Week' With Government Funding

Posted 08.04.2011 | Politics

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WASHINGTON -- House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is attempting to lay a tougher line against funding cuts, telling reporters on Thursday th...

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Secure Communities Agreements Canceled, Participation Still Required

Posted 08.05.2011 | Politics

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WASHINGTON -- Activists are outraged over a Friday announcement from the Department of Homeland Security that it will move ahead with its controversia...

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S&P Officials Blame Downgrade On 'Degree Of Uncertainty' In Politics

Posted 08.07.2011 | Business

WASHINGTON -- Ratings agency Standard and Poor's defended its decision to downgrade the United States credit rating, arguing on Sunday that the downgr...

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House Of Representatives Page Program Terminated

Posted 08.08.2011 | Politics

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WASHINGTON -- Goodbye, pages! At the end of August, the House of Representatives will terminate its page program, which staffed teens to work in the c...

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McConnell, Boehner Make Deficit Committee Appointments

Posted 08.10.2011 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Republican leaders of the House and Senate announced their picks Wednesday for the "super Congress" deficit committee slated with findin...

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Children Of Immigrants Face Hardship To Keep Families Together

Posted 08.10.2011 | Latino Voices

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WASHINGTON -- Aaron, a 32-year-old from Fort Wayne, Ind., is taking care of his four-year-old daughter alone while his wife, April, is in Mexico to so...

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Philadelphia Immigrant Rights Groups Fight Enforcement Program

Posted 08.11.2011 | Politics

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WASHINGTON -- Immigrant rights groups in Philadelphia are pushing back against an immigration enforcement program, hoping they can convince Mayor Mich...

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Latinos To Obama: Change On Immigration Or Else

Posted 08.16.2011 | Latino Voices

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WASHINGTON -- Some Latinos around the country rallied on Tuesday against the White House's deportation policies, attempting to send a message to Presi...

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Super Congress Deficit Committee Member Fred Upton: No Cuts To Social Security Benefits

Posted 08.18.2011 | Politics

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WASHINGTON -- Deficit super committee member and Republican Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.) said Tuesday he will oppose any Social Security benefit reductio...

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New Policy On Deportations Allows Some Non-Criminal Undocumented Immigrants To Stay

Posted 08.18.2011 | Politics

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WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration announced on Thursday it will do a case-by-case review of deportations, allowing many undocumented immigrants w...

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Secure Communities Nets Immigrants For Minor Offenses: Report

Posted 08.19.2011 | Politics

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WASHINGTON -- The Department of Homeland Security took deportation action against at least 127 undocumented immigrants for minor offenses, such as loi...

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Rick Perry Backs Off Social Security 'Ponzi Scheme' Comments

Posted 08.19.2011 | Politics

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WASHINGTON -- Texas governor and Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry recently walked back his claims that Social Security is a "Ponzi scheme,...

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Proposed Immigrant Detention Centers Draw Criticism From Residents, Immigrant Groups

Posted 08.25.2011 | Politics

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WASHINGTON -- Proposed immigration detention facilities in Florida and New Jersey will be ringed with barbed wire and house people against their will ...

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Janet Napolitano: Deportation Numbers Will Be 'Very Robust' Under New Policy

Posted 08.30.2011 | Politics

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WASHINGTON -- Janet Napolitano, secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, defended the administration's new deportation policy on Tuesday, say...

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