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Race Is at the Root of the Divide Over Immigration Reform

Keith Rushing | Posted 05.23.2013 | Black Voices
Keith Rushing

If you're worried about the growing political strength of people of color, which is happening in large part because of a rapidly growing Latino population, then you might be motivated to do what you can to stop immigration reform.

Gang of 8 vs. Gang of Hate on Immigration

Ryan Campbell | Posted 05.23.2013 | Latino Voices
Ryan Campbell

If the GOP stands squarely in the way of reforming the "broken" immigration system, many political careers will be crushed in the wake of this vote.

Elise Foley

Republicans Smack Down Jeff Sessions On Immigration

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 05.15.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee abandoned Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) on Tuesday in his effort to limit the number of immi...

Elise Foley

Jeff Sessions Attempts To Keep Green Cards From Low-Income Immigrants

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 05.08.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- The bipartisan Senate immigration bill would already make becoming a legal permanent resident a costly process for undocumented immigran...

Immigration Measure Faces Critical Trial

Posted 05.08.2013 | Politics

By ERICA WERNER, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — A landmark immigration bill in the Senate is facing a critical trial – whether it can surviv...

Immigration Measure Heads To Senate Committee

AP | ERICA WERNER | Posted 04.19.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON — The Boston Marathon bombings cast a shadow Friday over the start of debate on legislation to remake the U.S. immigration system, as...

Jeff Sessions: 'So We've Got People That Die Sooner'

The Huffington Post | Michael McAuliff | Posted 03.21.2013 | Politics

Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) charged Thursday that Obamacare is destroying the "greatest health care system the world has ever known" and that it was "...

GOP Opposes Thomas Perez Nomination at Their Own Peril

Raul A. Reyes | Posted 05.20.2013 | Politics
Raul A. Reyes

On Monday, President Obama nominated Thomas Perez to serve as Secretary of Labor. Immediately, conservative lawmakers and commentators began pushing back, calling Perez a radical, political choice.

On Immigration, Rand Paul Emphasizes Hard Work, Not Welfare

The Huffington Post | Chelsea Kiene | Posted 03.20.2013 | Politics

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) -- who has increasingly tried to separate himself from the “GOP of old” -- was once again at odds with members of his own p...

Statisticulation: Sen. Sessions Manipulates GAO's Obamacare Report for Partisan Points

Wendell Potter | Posted 05.04.2013 | Politics
Wendell Potter

One of the reasons Americans are still confused about the ACA is the ongoing misrepresentation of the law by members of Congress who voted against it. This obfuscation isn't confined to what the law actually does, but also to what impact it might have on the federal deficit.

Republican Senator Makes Questionable Obamacare Claim

The Huffington Post | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 02.28.2013 | Business

One Republican senator's claim that Obamacare would increase the deficit by trillions of dollars over the next 75 years is "dishonest," ThinkProgress ...

Elise Foley

Janet Napolitano: Immigration Enforcement Money Can't Just Be Thrown At Border

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 02.13.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano attempted on Wednesday to veer the debate on immigration from the border to interior enforc...

Michael McAuliff

Patty Murray: It's The Supply-Side Economics, Stupid

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 02.12.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- With Congress gridlocked in debates over taxes and spending, the new chair of the Senate Budget Committee, Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), ...

GOP Farce at Hagel Hearings

Jon Soltz | Posted 04.02.2013 | Politics
Jon Soltz

All the money spent by the Sheldon Adelsons of the world, to sink this nomination, is a colossal waste. Chuck Hagel will be confirmed, and neoconservative influence over our military policy will finally, and thankfully, be dead.

Senate Panel Includes Many Gun Owners

Reuters | Posted 04.01.2013 | Politics

* At least seven of 18 committee members own guns * Senator Leahy was champion marksman in college * Senator Sessions ha...

Michael McAuliff

New Republican Stalling Tactic In Senate

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 12.17.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- After complaining much of the year that Senate Democrats have not passed a federal budget, Republicans are now using the budget they say...

Arthur Delaney

Senate Democrats Picking Up Unemployment Fight

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 11.27.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- To prevent 2 million people from abruptly losing their economic lifeline at the end of the year, Senate Democrats have begun their push ...

Winning Gold in the "Anti-Immigration Olympics"

Amy Novick | Posted 10.20.2012 | Latino Voices
Amy Novick

These champions return to our country and see games of a different sort going on - elected officials stooping to the worst kind of politics, spreading fear and misinformation about immigrants, and enacting harmful anti-immigration policies.

Drastic Solution Proposed For 'Sick & Tired' On Both Sides

Salon | Posted 08.13.2012 | Politics

Perhaps we shouldn’t be surprised that cultural friction between the North and South persists to this day. After all, we fought an incredibly brutal...

Dramatic Photos of Glacier National Park Then and Now Show Climate Change Congress Denies

Shawn Lawrence Otto | Posted 10.03.2012 | Green
Shawn Lawrence Otto

When the Glacier National Park was established in 1910, it had 150 glaciers. This stunning collection drew tourists from all over America. Today there are just 25, and they are shrunken remnants of their former selves.

'Green News Report' - August 2, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 10.02.2012 | Green
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Scientist...

A Clown Question on The DISCLOSE Act From Ruben Navarrette

Kristian Ramos | Posted 09.18.2012 | Latino Voices
Kristian Ramos

While on the Senate floor Senator Reid recently noted, "If this flood of outside money continues, the day after the election, 17 angry old white men will wake up and realize they just bought the country."

GOP Food Stamp Measure Meets Demise

AP | JIM ABRAMS | Posted 08.19.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON — The Senate on Tuesday began plowing through 73 amendments to a $500 billion bill that will set farm policy and fund the food stamp ...

Michael McAuliff

$100 Million In Food Stamps Used On Military Bases

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 06.19.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Congress' push to cut food stamps could cause collateral damage in the military, hitting everyone from active-duty members to retirees, ...

Dem Senator Takes On Republican's Morality Attack

The Huffington Post | Mollie Reilly | Posted 06.14.2012 | Politics

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y) fired back at a Republican colleague's attack on her effort to stop cuts to food stamps, dismissing Sen. Jeff Sessions...