http://www.mail.com/people/15880-kay-hutchison.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/15880-kay-hutchison.html http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1786818-obama-cuts-vacation-short-fiscal-cliff-looms.html HONOLULU (AP) — With a yearend deadline looming before the economy goes over the so-called fiscal cliff, President Barack Obama is cutting short his traditional Christmas holiday in Hawaii, planning to leave for Washington on Wednesday evening. Obama was expected to arrive in Washington early Thursday, the White House said late Tuesday. First lady Michell... Wed, 26 Dec 2012 07:25:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1786818-obama-cuts-vacation-short-fiscal-cliff-looms.html 2012-12-26T07:25:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1786662-obama-to-fly-to-early-fiscal-cliff-looms.html HONOLULU (AP) — President Barack Obama will cut short his traditional Christmas holiday in Hawaii, planning to leave for Washington on Wednesday evening as he and lawmakers consider how to prevent the economy from going over the so-called fiscal cliff. Obama was expected to arrive in Washington early Thursday, the White House said Tuesday night. First lad... Wed, 26 Dec 2012 03:22:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1786662-obama-to-fly-to-early-fiscal-cliff-looms.html 2012-12-26T03:22:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1785092-lawmakers-fiscal-cliff-deal-elusive.html WASHINGTON (AP) — With anxiety rising as the country lurches towards a "fiscal cliff," lawmakers are increasingly skeptical about a possible deal and some predict the best possibility would be a small-scale patch because time is running out before the yearend deadline. Sen. Joe Lieberman predicted Sunday: "We're going to spend New Year's Eve here, I belie... Mon, 24 Dec 2012 07:55:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1785092-lawmakers-fiscal-cliff-deal-elusive.html 2012-12-24T07:55:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1785084-lawmakers-to-restrict-gun-magazine-capacity.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers from both parties voiced their willingness Sunday to pursue some changes to the nation's gun laws, but adamant opposition from the National Rifle Association has made clear than any such effort will face significant obstacles. NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre dismissed efforts to revive a ban on assault weapons as a "phony piece of legis... Mon, 24 Dec 2012 07:28:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1785084-lawmakers-to-restrict-gun-magazine-capacity.html 2012-12-24T07:28:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1749596-leading-conservative-demint-resigning-senate-seat.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Jim DeMint, patron saint of the tea party and a would-be Republican kingmaker, announced suddenly Thursday he would resign his South Carolina seat to head Washington's conservative Heritage Foundation think tank, a shift that reverberated through a soul-searching GOP. Just two years into a second, six-year term, DeMint said he would... Thu, 06 Dec 2012 21:42:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1749596-leading-conservative-demint-resigning-senate-seat.html 2012-12-06T21:42:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1747214-illegal-immigration-drops-decade-long-rise.html WASHINGTON (AP) — New census data released Thursday affirm a clear and sustained drop in illegal immigration, ending more than a decade of increases. The number of illegal immigrants in the U.S. dropped to an estimated 11.1 million last year from a peak of 12 million in 2007, part of an overall waning of Hispanic immigration. For the first time since 1910... Thu, 06 Dec 2012 16:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1747214-illegal-immigration-drops-decade-long-rise.html 2012-12-06T16:51:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1731696-republicans-stepping-way-immigration.html WASHINGTON (AP) — After Mitt Romney's loss in the presidential election, Republicans quickly identified one of their mistakes as the party's dysfunctional relationship with Hispanic voters, who overwhelmingly voted for President Barack Obama. But the earliest efforts by GOP lawmakers to tackle immigration policy on Capitol Hill aren't likely to win them new support among His... Thu, 29 Nov 2012 18:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1731696-republicans-stepping-way-immigration.html 2012-11-29T18:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1726518-republicans-propose-plan-undocumented-young.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Two Senate Republicans on Tuesday unveiled their version of the Dream Act, stalled legislation that would provide a path to legal status for hundreds of thousands of young immigrants, many who have spent most of their lives in the United States. The bill introduced by Sens. Jon Kyl of Arizona and Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas was the lat... Tue, 27 Nov 2012 19:54:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1726518-republicans-propose-plan-undocumented-young.html 2012-11-27T19:54:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1722266-congress-fewer-moderates-deals-harder.html WASHINGTON (AP) — When the next Congress cranks up in January, there will be more women, many new faces and 11 fewer tea party-backed House Republicans from the class of 2010 who sought a second term. Overriding those changes, though, is a thinning of pragmatic, centrist veterans in both parties. Among those leaving are some of the Senate's most pragmatic... Mon, 26 Nov 2012 08:06:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1722266-congress-fewer-moderates-deals-harder.html 2012-11-26T08:06:00Z