Tag: Legislation

A vote on an agriculture subsidies-only measure is expected on the House floor Thursday. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Agriculture groups press for unified farm bill

Sean Lengell · July 3, 2013 4:00 am

A bill introduced by Sen. Scott Garrett, R-N.J., would limit the TSA's ability to search you away from airports. (AP File)

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Lawmaker moves to end TSA’s power to grope outside of airports

Susan Ferrechio · July 2, 2013 4:00 am

Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes, right, plans to run against Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. (AP file)

Kentucky secretary of state to challenge Mitch McConnell

Susan Ferrechio · July 1, 2013 4:00 am

Democratic Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes of Kentucky has announced her bid to run against Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. (AP file)

Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes to challenge Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell

Sean Lengell · July 1, 2013 4:00 am

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said news of the IRS targeting of conservative groups has sparked Americans to stand up for liberty. (AP File)

Ted Cruz: ‘We need to padlock and shut down’ the IRS

Steve Contorno · July 1, 2013 4:00 am

Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., cites the Immigration and Customs Enforcement union's objections to the immigration bill as proof that it won't properly secure the country's borders. (AP file)

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Jeff Sessions: Immigration bill is ‘a surrender to lawlessness’

Joel Gehrke · June 27, 2013 4:00 am

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Congress divided on voting rights law

Sean Lengell · June 27, 2013 4:00 am

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., was long the man Republicans in the Senate deferred to on immigration reform. (AP file)

Marco Rubio’s immigration strategy worked brilliantly, but disappointed many

Byron York · June 27, 2013 4:00 am

Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., center, speaks following a vote in the Senate on immigration reform on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday. Schumer is joined by, from left, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., D-N.Y., Sen. Lindsey Graham, Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., and Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Senate turns up pressure on House to tackle immigration reform

Tim Mak, Steve Contorno · June 27, 2013 4:00 am

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., required Senators to vote at their desks on the Senate floor, a move he has reserved for the most consequential legislation. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Senate OKs immigration reforms, House declares bill DOA

David M. Drucker · June 27, 2013 4:00 am

Immigration Bill Gives Hong Kong Access to the Visa Waiver Program

Daniel Halper · June 24, 2013 3:46 pm

Kristol: GOP Senators Should Block Immigration Monday, Let Us and Them Read the Bill

Daniel Halper · June 23, 2013 10:48 am