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Senate confirms Srinivasan to seat on influential US Court of Appeals in District of Columbia
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — After five years of trying, President Barack Obama has placed his first nominee on a key appeals court in Washington. The Senate voted unanimously on Thursday, 97-0, to confirm Sri Srinivasan to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the...Tags: Parties and Movements, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Mike Lee, Sandra Day O'Connor, U.S. Supreme Court
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Immigration bill gets Senate boost; House effort teetering
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Supporters of U.S. immigration reform are hoping that the smooth and drama-free passage of their legislation through a Senate committee - a departure from almost everything that has happened in Congress over the past four years -...Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Justice and Rights, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Health Insurance, Immigration
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Key House chairman slams Senate immigration bill as House immigration group struggles
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — A key House committee chairman on Wednesday sharply criticized a wide-ranging immigration bill just passed by a Senate committee, underscoring the difficulties ahead as the politically volatile measure moves forward in a divided...Tags: Justice and Rights, Gays and Lesbians, Dick Durbin, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Immigration
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Immigration bill a testament to compromise
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted Tuesday to send the bipartisan immigration bill — more formally known as the Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernizing Act — to the full Senate. The 800-plus page bill is by far...
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U.S. for first time acknowledges role in deaths of Americans in drone strikes
McClatchy Washington BureauWASHINGTON The Obama administration confirmed for the first time on Wednesday that four Americans have died in U.S. drone strikes since 2009, but it sought to justify the killing of only one a senior leader of al-Qaida's Yemen-based affiliate and said...Tags: Justice and Rights, Raleigh, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Government, Al-Qaeda
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LGBT activists in Doral protest Rubio after gay couples left out of immigration plan
The Miami HeraldMIAMI Gay activists gathered Wednesday in front of U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio's Doral office to protest the Senate Judiciary Committee's failure to include undocumented gay foreign nationals in a bipartisan immigration reform bill the panel approved late...Tags: Memorial Day, Gays and Lesbians, Jeff Flake, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Immigration
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Progress on immigration
Just when Washington looked like it was completely preoccupied with the scandals, real and imaginary, swirling around the White House, a group of Democrats and Republicans in the Senate managed the unexpected (and, these days, extraordinary): They...Tags: Demographics, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Immigration, Productivity, Elections
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Immigration bill clears hurdle in Senate
WASHINGTON — A sweeping bipartisan plan to overhaul the nation's immigration system headed to the Senate floor after a key committee approved it Tuesday, setting the stage for a debate next month that could lead to the biggest victory for...
Tags: Justice and Rights, Gays and Lesbians, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Interior Policy, Immigration
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Immigration reform: Closer to reality or destined for failure?
Oh, how much things have changed in just a few months. Last May, Republicans and Democrats couldn't agree on any aspect of immigration reform. But on Tuesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee passed a far-reaching immigration bill, clearing the way for a...
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An Alabama senator's lost cause
WASHINGTON — Not since George Wallace, perhaps, has an Alabamian taken as passionate a stand for a lost cause as the one Jeff Sessions is taking now. Bipartisan immigration legislation is making its way inexorably through the Senate Judiciary...Tags: Dick Durbin, Parties and Movements, Chuck Schumer, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Immigration
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Senator pulls same-sex proposal for U.S. immigration bill
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 21 (Reuters) - An influential Democratic senator on Tuesday withdrew a proposal to allow U.S. citizens to petition for their same-sex spouses to immigrate to the United States, in an effort to maintain support for a broad immigration bill....Tags: Social Issues, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Immigration, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice
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Senator pulls same-sex proposal for immigration bill
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - An influential Democratic senator on Tuesday withdrew a proposal to allow U.S. citizens to petition for their same-sex spouses to immigrate to the United States, in an effort to maintain support for a broad immigration bill....Tags: Social Issues, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Immigration, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice
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