http://www.mail.com/people/15616-mike-lee.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/15616-mike-lee.html http://www.mail.com/news/world/2073412-coalition-immigration-bill-clears-tests.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The bipartisan coalition behind a contentious overhaul of immigration laws stuck together on a critical early series of test votes Thursday, turning back challenges from conservative critics as the Senate Judiciary Committee refined legislation to secure the borders and grant eventual citizenship to millions living in the United States illegally. ... Thu, 09 May 2013 21:26:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2073412-coalition-immigration-bill-clears-tests.html 2013-05-09T21:26:40Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2073370-republicans-immigration-risky-subject.html FALLS CITY, Neb. (AP) — Rodney Vandenberg was the first to greet Republican Sen. Deb Fischer when she dropped by the Falls City's Chamber of Commerce office last week. He wasted no time bracing her about immigration, an issue that a Senate committee takes up Thursday in the form of sweeping overhaul legislation. "There can be no shortcuts to citizenship f... Thu, 09 May 2013 07:09:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2073370-republicans-immigration-risky-subject.html 2013-05-09T07:09:19Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2019946-lawmakers-ready-to-unveil-immigration-deal.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan group of senators is almost ready to share with colleagues and voters an immigration overhaul crafted over several months. The so-called Gang of Eight is finishing up the final details and is planning to unveil the proposed legislation on Tuesday. Even before the measure gets its first public airing, its authors were defendi... Mon, 15 Apr 2013 08:11:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2019946-lawmakers-ready-to-unveil-immigration-deal.html 2013-04-15T08:11:40Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2018142-5-killed-idaho-fire-electrical-short.html BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An extension cord hooked to an electric grill on a porch shorted out and started a house fire that killed five people Saturday morning, a northern Idaho fire official says. Orofino Fire Chief Mike Lee said the house was fully engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived after a neighbor reported the fire at 1:38 a.m. He said smoke inha... Sun, 14 Apr 2013 00:42:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2018142-5-killed-idaho-fire-electrical-short.html 2013-04-14T00:42:41Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2007394-senate-showdown-vote-gun-curbs-set-thursday.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate's top Democrat has set Congress' first showdown vote for Thursday on President Barack Obama's gun control drive as a small but mounting number of Republicans appear willing to buck a conservative effort to prevent debate from even beginning. Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada announced his decision Tuesday as the White Hous... Wed, 10 Apr 2013 01:08:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2007394-senate-showdown-vote-gun-curbs-set-thursday.html 2013-04-10T01:08:26Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2004790-obama-hes-determined-ever-gun-bill.html HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — With time running out on the chance to pass gun control legislation, President Barack Obama on Monday warned Congress not to use delaying tactics against tighter regulations and told families of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims that he's "determined as ever" to honor their children with tougher laws. Obama's gun con... Tue, 09 Apr 2013 02:52:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2004790-obama-hes-determined-ever-gun-bill.html 2013-04-09T02:52:49Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2001180-republicans-push-hearings-immigration-bill.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee accused their GOP colleagues working on a bipartisan immigration bill of operating in secret, saying in a letter Friday that "the time for transparency has come" and pushing for briefings and full hearings before any votes. In response, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., a member of the Senate group d... Fri, 05 Apr 2013 18:58:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2001180-republicans-push-hearings-immigration-bill.html 2013-04-05T18:58:18Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1996376-prospects-arms-treaty-dead-senate.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate opponents of a treaty regulating the multibillion-dollar global arms trade said Wednesday they have the votes to block ratification of the pact, which is also opposed by the outlaw regimes of North Korea, Syria and Iran. One day after the U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly approved the treaty, Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah sa... Wed, 03 Apr 2013 21:53:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1996376-prospects-arms-treaty-dead-senate.html 2013-04-03T21:53:48Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1983930-obama-shame-us-newtown-forgotten.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama urged lawmakers Thursday to remember the children gunned down in America and not "get squishy" in the face of powerful forces against gun control legislation, as supporters struggle to win over moderate Democrats before a Senate vote expected next month. Obama, flanked by grim-faced mothers who have lost their chil... Thu, 28 Mar 2013 16:58:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1983930-obama-shame-us-newtown-forgotten.html 2013-03-28T16:58:13Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1975288-obama-urges-lawmakers-vote-assault-weapons-ban.html AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — President Barack Obama says each of his proposed steps to reduce gun violence should get a vote in Congress — even an assault weapons ban that both parties agree stands little chance of passing. Senate Democrats dropped the ban from the bill they plan to debate next month out of concern it could sink the whole package. Still, Obama sa... Sat, 23 Mar 2013 15:51:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1975288-obama-urges-lawmakers-vote-assault-weapons-ban.html 2013-03-23T15:51:56Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1969260-house-passes-gop-budget-plan-promising-deep-cuts.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Moving on two fronts, the Republican-controlled House on Thursday voted to keep the government running for the next six months while pushing through a tea-party flavored budget for next year that would shrink the government by another $4.6 trillion over the next decade. The spending authorization on its way to the White House for Preside... Fri, 22 Mar 2013 02:18:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1969260-house-passes-gop-budget-plan-promising-deep-cuts.html 2013-03-22T02:18:33Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1934868-senator-ends-long-floor-speech-blocking-cia-pick.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A tea party senator from Kentucky used an old-style filibuster lasting nearly 13 hours to block Senate confirmation of John Brennan's nomination to be CIA director. Sen. Rand Paul ended his filibuster shortly after midnight, but Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, also a Kentucky Republican, said he would continue to oppose Brennan's... Thu, 07 Mar 2013 06:55:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1934868-senator-ends-long-floor-speech-blocking-cia-pick.html 2013-03-07T06:55:26Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1906750-gop-senators-treading-carefully-with-tea-party.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Twice burned, Republicans are treading carefully around tea party groups as they pursue a Senate majority that slipped through their fingers in 2010 and 2012. "You'd have to be an idiot not to prepare" for primary election challenges from the right, no matter the state, says Rob Jesmer, who was executive director of the GOP Senate campai... Thu, 21 Feb 2013 22:43:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1906750-gop-senators-treading-carefully-with-tea-party.html 2013-02-21T22:43:50Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1851448-congress-passes-505b-superstorm-sandy-aid-bill.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Three months after Superstorm Sandy ravaged coastal areas in much of the Northeast, Congress on Monday sent a $50.5 billion emergency relief measure for storm victims to President Barack Obama for his signature. "I commend Congress for giving families and businesses the help they deserve, and I will sign this bill into law as soon as it ... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 00:49:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1851448-congress-passes-505b-superstorm-sandy-aid-bill.html 2013-01-29T00:49:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1846178-white-house-senators-launching-immigration-push.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will launch a campaign next week aimed at overhauling the nation's flawed immigration system and creating legal status for millions, as a bipartisan Senate group nears agreement on achieving the same goals. The proposals from Obama and lawmakers will mark the start of what is expected to be a contentious and emotio... Sat, 26 Jan 2013 08:56:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1846178-white-house-senators-launching-immigration-push.html 2013-01-26T08:56:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1844102-senate-oks-modest-restrictions-filibusters.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The tradition-laden Senate voted Thursday to modestly curb filibusters, using a bipartisan consensus rare in today's hyper-partisan climate to make it a bit harder but not impossible for outnumbered senators to sink bills and nominations. The rules changes would reduce yet not eliminate the number of times opponents — usually minority-pa... Fri, 25 Jan 2013 03:13:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1844102-senate-oks-modest-restrictions-filibusters.html 2013-01-25T03:13:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1822656-ron-pauls-gop-legacy-growing-iowa.html DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Ron Paul is exiting the political stage, but his legions of followers insist they are only getting started. Libertarian-leaning loyalists of the two-time Republican presidential candidate have quietly taken over key-state GOP organizations, ensuring future fights with the GOP's establishment and laying the groundwork for a future p... Tue, 15 Jan 2013 20:06:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1822656-ron-pauls-gop-legacy-growing-iowa.html 2013-01-15T20:06:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1766996-epa-tightens-standards-soot-pollution.html WASHINGTON (AP) — In its first major regulation since the election, the Obama administration on Friday imposed a new air quality standard that reduces by 20 percent the maximum amount of soot released into the air from smokestacks, diesel trucks and other sources of pollution. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson said the new standar... Fri, 14 Dec 2012 22:52:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1766996-epa-tightens-standards-soot-pollution.html 2012-12-14T22:52:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1750394-analysis-demint-move-defies-gop-shift-to-center.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The surprise job change by the Senate's most prominent tea partyer will complicate Republican moderates' bid to nudge their party toward the center after another stinging campaign loss. Sen. Jim DeMint of South Carolina is giving up his high profile in the Senate, where he annoyed establishment Republicans and delighted conservative puri... Fri, 07 Dec 2012 08:00:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1750394-analysis-demint-move-defies-gop-shift-to-center.html 2012-12-07T08:00:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1742492-republican-opposition-downs-un-disability-treaty.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Led by Republican opposition, the Senate on Tuesday rejected a United Nations treaty on the rights of the disabled that is modeled after the landmark Americans with Disabilities Act. With 38 Republicans casting "no" votes, the 61-38 vote fell five short of the two-thirds majority needed to ratify a treaty. The vote took place in an unusu... Tue, 04 Dec 2012 23:12:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1742492-republican-opposition-downs-un-disability-treaty.html 2012-12-04T23:12:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1733474-senate-votes-to-tighten-sanctions-iran.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate endorsed stringent new sanctions on Iran's energy and shipping sectors in a fresh attempt to hobble the Islamic Republic's economy and hamper its nuclear ambitions. Ignoring White House opposition spelled out just hours before the vote, the Senate voted 94-0 on Friday for a package of punitive measures that would end sales and... Fri, 30 Nov 2012 17:50:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1733474-senate-votes-to-tighten-sanctions-iran.html 2012-11-30T17:50:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1730122-senate-green-light-to-pentagon-green-energy.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Wednesday gave the green light to the Pentagon's investment in green energy. By a vote of 62-37 on Wednesday, the Senate backed an amendment that would delete a provision in the defense bill prohibiting the military from spending money on alternative fuels if the cost exceeded traditional fossil fuels such as coal, natural ... Wed, 28 Nov 2012 23:27:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1730122-senate-green-light-to-pentagon-green-energy.html 2012-11-28T23:27:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1726946-senate-takes-up-un-disability-treaty.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.N. treaty promoting equal rights for the disabled faced an uncertain future in the Senate Tuesday as Republicans objected to taking up an international treaty during a lame-duck session of Congress and expressed concerns about ceding authority to the United Nations. Supporters of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilit... Tue, 27 Nov 2012 23:50:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1726946-senate-takes-up-un-disability-treaty.html 2012-11-27T23:50:00Z