
Senators require fingerprinting at 30 airports
Senate supporters of far-reaching immigration legislation accepted minor changes in public while negotiating over more sweeping alterations in private ...
House immigration group reaches a deal
A bipartisan group of House members announced a deal Thursday on sweeping immigration legislation, a breakthrough that could boost chances for one of ...

High-tech pushes for more in immigration bill
High-tech companies looking to bring more skilled workers to the U.S. pushed Monday for more concessions in an immigration bill pending in the Senate.

Coalition on immigration bill clears first tests
The bipartisan coalition behind a contentious overhaul of immigration laws stuck together on a critical early series of test votes Thursday, turning ...

Study: Immigration bill would help Social Security
A bipartisan immigration bill pending in the Senate would strengthen the Social Security trust fund by adding millions of workers to tax rolls, and ...

Gun control forces struggle to keep issue alive
Gun control forces are targeting Sens. Kelly Ayotte, Max Baucus and others as they struggle to persuade five senators to switch their votes and revive ...

Senators unveil sweeping immigration bill
Four Democratic and four Republican senators formally unveiled a sweeping immigration bill Thursday at a news conference attended by traditional ...

Criticism of immigration bill from left and right
To some conservatives, it's amnesty. To some immigration advocates, it's unnecessarily punitive. The Senate's new bipartisan immigration bill drew ...

Capitol room dedicated to slain Giffords staffer
Vice President Joe Biden, Speaker John Boehner and former Rep. Gabby Giffords were on hand Tuesday to dedicate a room in the Capitol Visitor Center ...
Senators plan to unveil immigration bill this week
A bipartisan Senate immigration bill would put the 11 million immigrants in the country illegally on a 13-year path to U.S. citizenship that would ...

APNewsBreak: Immigration bill could exclude many
Bipartisan immigration legislation emerging in the Senate could prevent hundreds of thousands of immigrants in the U.S. illegally from ever becoming ...

Republicans push for hearings on immigration bill
Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee accused their GOP colleagues working on a bipartisan immigration bill of operating in secret, saying in ...

Can GOP win without Hispanics? Look at Arizona
On the political map of the Southwest, Arizona stands out. Most of its neighbors — California, Colorado, New Mexico and Nevada — are ...

Rubio claims pivot point on immigration overhaul
Whatever immigration deal might be claimed by labor and business, or by Democrats and Republicans, Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida is serving notice it ...

Senators caution immigration deal not final
Even with one of the largest hurdles to an immigration overhaul overcome, optimistic lawmakers on Sunday cautioned they had not finished work on a ...

Sen. Flake sees GOP contender backing gay marriage
Republican Sen. Jeff Flake says it is "inevitable" that his party will see one of its own run for president while supporting gay marriage. The Arizona ...

Obama: 'Shame on us' if Congress forgets Newtown
President Barack Obama pressed Congress on Thursday not to forget the heartbreak of the Newtown elementary school massacre and "get squishy" on ...

Obama: 'Shame on us' if Newtown is forgotten
President Barack Obama urged lawmakers Thursday to remember the children gunned down in America and not "get squishy" in the face of powerful forces ...
Obama: Immigration bill could pass by summer
President Barack Obama pressed for swift action on a sweeping immigration bill Wednesday, saying last-minute obstacles are "resolvable" and predicting ...

Senators tour border, say immigration bill near
A bipartisan group of senators crafting a sweeping immigration bill vowed Wednesday that they would be ready to unveil it when Congress reconvenes in ...

Senators close in on immigration deal
A last-minute dispute over wages for lower-skilled workers flared Friday as senators scrambled to sketch out a deal on a sweeping immigration bill ...
McCain and Schumer heading to Arizona border
Four senators working on a sweeping bipartisan immigration bill plan to travel to the Arizona border next Wednesday to view conditions there as they ...

Record crop insurance payout stirs subsidy debate
Farmers will be paid a record $16 billion in crop insurance claims for 2012 because of the widespread drought, a staggering amount that has critics ...

Senate GOP tells Obama to tone down the attacks
Polite yet firm, Senate Republicans told President Barack Obama on Thursday to tone down his political attacks and prod Democratic allies to support ...

Senators hush-hush as they craft immigration bill
The eight senators meet in private several times a week, alternating between Sen. John McCain's and Sen. Charles Schumer's offices. They sit in arm ...