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Can immigration reform pass? Five senators to watch.
Immigration reform will pass the Senate before the Fourth of July, Senate majority leader Harry Reid (D) of Nevada has vowed. Here are five key senators (or groups of senators) that will be pivotal during the two weeks of debate.
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Briefing IRS 101: Seven questions about the tea party scandal
The Internal Revenue Service is under the microscope now, as revelations have emerged that the agency wrongly targeted conservative groups seeking nonprofit status. Here’s an accounting of what has happened, along with the ramifications.
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Immigration reform bill: Top 8 changes GOP senators want
More than 300 amendments were submitted for possible inclusion in a sweeping immigration reform package – at least 100 of them from two Republicans, Sens. Charles Grassley of Iowa and Jeff Sessions of Alabama. Here are eight notable changes GOP lawmakers want to see in bill, as the Senate Judiciary Committee takes up amendments between now and Memorial Day.
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Where do things stand at Guantánamo? Six basic questions answered.
President Obama this week pledged to “reengage” with Congress to find a way to close the terror detention camp at the Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, naval base. The renewed focus comes as 100 of the 166 detainees are reported to be engaged in a hunger strike. Here is a brief look at where things stand now.
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Opinion 5 steps to bipartisan cuts in Medicare – and the deficit
Medicare is the single greatest contributor to long-term deficits. If Democrats and Republicans cooperate on waste-cutting ideas – many of which are backed by President Obama – both parties stand to gain. Here are five ways Congress should act.
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Opinion The emptiness of Obama's pragmatism
Policy devoid of clear ethical theory creates a nation without principle, and a nation without principle is a nation on stilts.
05/26/2009 01:00 am -
The Vote Is Colin Powell still a Republican? Bob Schieffer to probe...
05/23/2009 01:00 am -
Sweeping climate-energy bill clears first big hurdle in Congress
The compromise measure would mandate reductions in greenhouse-gas emissions and require greater use of renewable energy. The Senate could be a major stumbling block.
05/22/2009 01:00 am -
John Cornyn sees opportunity in 2010, says Cheney could be useful
05/21/2009 01:00 am -
Democrats mount impassioned defense of Pelosi
They defeat a resolution to investigate the Speaker and insist that the CIA is not above criticism.
05/21/2009 01:00 am -
The Vote Nope, Dick Cheney didn't change his mind...
05/21/2009 01:00 am -
The Vote Obama versus Cheney in steel cage wrestling match today
05/21/2009 01:00 am -
Opinion Republicans need fresh ideas, not a savior
The GOP could rebuild by grooming conceptual thinkers in foreign policy.
05/21/2009 01:00 am -
Editor's Blog Today's news briefing: domestic terror plots, video games, and Obama says no to settlements
05/21/2009 01:00 am -
A French Obama? Not likely.
President Obama's election is stirring the political hopes of minorities – like Claire Edey – in Europe's largest immigrant nation, but steep barriers remain.
05/20/2009 01:00 am -
Why Democrats buckled to GOP fears on Guantánamo
The Senate denied Obama the money to shut down the prison, in part because Democrats didn't want to be seen as soft on terrorism.
05/20/2009 01:00 am -
GOP can yet prevail in a diverse America, Barbour asserts
The nation's changing demographics won't be a permanent roadblock to a Republican comeback, the former party chairman said Wednesday at a Monitor breakfast.
05/20/2009 01:00 am -
The Vote Limbaugh appoints Colin Powell head of GOP
05/20/2009 01:00 am -
The Vote RNC drops resolution to call Democrats "Socialists"
05/20/2009 01:00 am -
Editor's Blog Today's news stories: stopping West Bank settlements, America's waning mobility, and Guatemala's embattled leftist president
05/20/2009 01:00 am -
Bright Green Americans don't agree about global warming
05/20/2009 01:00 am -
New auto standards: the start of Obama's green revolution
The new regulations on fuel economy and tailpipe emissions announced Tuesday are 'part of a far larger effort,' he said.
05/19/2009 01:00 am -
The Vote Why is Granholm really at the White House?
05/19/2009 01:00 am -
The Vote Steele doesn't mention Socialists or quitting in big speech
05/19/2009 01:00 am -
The Vote Exasperated Steele to Fox News: No, I don't support Socialist resolution
05/19/2009 01:00 am -
The Vote Did Nancy Pelosi lie? New poll shows Americans are divided.
05/18/2009 01:00 am -
NRA: The new face of the American right?
Key GOP leaders came to woo the NRA's annual convention this weekend, one sign of the group's growing clout.
05/18/2009 01:00 am -
A rifle in one hand, a laptop in the other. Behind the scene with pro-gun bloggers
"Cowboy Blob" and other online commentators fill the press box at the National Rifle Association convention.
05/16/2009 01:00 am -
Obama reaches across political divide for envoy to China
Governor Jon Huntsman of Utah is a Republican moderate and China expert seen as a possible presidential candidate.
05/16/2009 01:00 am -
The Vote Obama's week in review - the 1980s hit radio version
05/16/2009 01:00 am



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