http://www.mail.com/people/46930-xavier-becerra.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/46930-xavier-becerra.html http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2102180-key-house-chairman-slams-senate-immigration-bill.html WASHINGTON (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 Congress. Separately, a bipartisan House group that has been working behind the scenes to craft its own immigr... Wed, 22 May 2013 21:36:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2102180-key-house-chairman-slams-senate-immigration-bill.html 2013-05-22T21:36:42Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2090950-house-immigration-group-reaches-deal.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan group of House members announced a deal Thursday on sweeping immigration legislation, a breakthrough that could boost chances for one of President Barack Obama's top second-term priorities. It came after months of secretive talks among the four Republican and four Democratic House members had seemed to stall in recent days e... Fri, 17 May 2013 00:27:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2090950-house-immigration-group-reaches-deal.html 2013-05-17T00:27:37Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2012424-critics-revive-promises-to-knock-obama-budget.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Advocates for seniors say President Barack Obama is breaking his promise to protect Social Security, while conservatives say he is breaking his promise not to raise taxes on the middle class. Obama's budget proposal includes a mix of tax increases and benefit cuts in an effort to reduce government borrowing and spark the still-fragile ec... Thu, 11 Apr 2013 14:16:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2012424-critics-revive-promises-to-knock-obama-budget.html 2013-04-11T14:16:58Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1999912-house-group-finalizing-immigration-bill.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A group of Republicans and Democrats in the House is finalizing a sweeping immigration bill that offers work permits and the eventual prospect of citizenship to millions of people living illegally in the United States, aides say. That path to citizenship, however, is likely to take at least 15 years for many, longer than envisioned by Senate immigration neg... Fri, 05 Apr 2013 15:44:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1999912-house-group-finalizing-immigration-bill.html 2013-04-05T15:44:10Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1857508-house-members-negotiate-proposal-immigration.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A group of a half-dozen House members, equally divided between Democrats and Republicans, is nearing completion of wide-ranging immigration legislation similar to proposals by Senate negotiators and President Barack Obama, including a pathway to legal immigration status for 11 million illegal immigrants already in the U.S. The group inte... Wed, 30 Jan 2013 21:37:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1857508-house-members-negotiate-proposal-immigration.html 2013-01-30T21:37:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1773352-cliff-talks-hit-lull-with-boehners-plan-b.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Just two weeks from an economy-threatening deadline, fiscal cliff talks hit a lull Tuesday as House Speaker John Boehner announced that Republicans would also march ahead with their own tax plan on a separate track from the one he's been pursuing with President Barack Obama. The White House and leading congressional Democrats immediately... Tue, 18 Dec 2012 23:57:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1773352-cliff-talks-hit-lull-with-boehners-plan-b.html 2012-12-18T23:57:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1743022-inflation-gauge-would-cut-benefits-hike-taxes.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Tweaking the way the government measures inflation sounds like an obscure method to help reduce budget deficits, but over time it would lead to significantly lower Social Security benefits while increasing taxes, mainly on low- and middle-income families. If adopted across the government, the change would have far-reaching effects becaus... Tue, 04 Dec 2012 20:59:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1743022-inflation-gauge-would-cut-benefits-hike-taxes.html 2012-12-04T20:59:00Z