Napolitano: Immigration bill would boost security
Sweeping immigration legislation would improve U.S. security by helping authorities to know who is in the country, Homeland Security Secretary Janet ...
Help for 'uninsurables' mired in political battle
Republicans are offering to bail out a financially strapped program in the federal health overhaul, one that's a lifeline for uninsured people with ...
Montana Democrat Baucus rules out 7th Senate term
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus of Montana announced plans Tuesday to retire at the end of his term after a career of enormous power and ...
Reid: Democrats to ease cuts with war savings
Senate Republicans and Democrats gridlocked Tuesday over competing proposals to ease the impact of across-the-board spending cuts blamed for furloughs ...
RI Senate to vote on gay marriage
The Rhode Island Senate is poised to hold a landmark vote Wednesday on gay marriage legislation, the culmination of years of efforts by supporters who ...
Appeals court upholds EPA block on W.Va. mine
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency had the legal authority to retroactively veto a water pollution permit for one of West Virginia's largest ...
Push to alter British succession rules nearly done
Legislation that will end a centuries-old British rule that puts boys before girls in the succession to the throne has cleared the House of Lords, and ...
Tax-free Internet shopping jeopardized by bill
Tax-free shopping on the Internet could be in jeopardy under a bill making its way through the Senate. The bill would empower states to require online ...
NYC proposes raising age for cigarette purchases
After years of striving to set a national agenda for curbing smoking, New York City may set a new bar by becoming the most populous place in America ...
Suburbs now playing a key role in gun legislation
In the emotional politics of gun control, the suburbs seem to be emerging as a new sphere of influence. The Senate's defeat last week of firearms ...
Supporters: Don't link immigration bill to Boston
Democratic supporters of a new immigration bill accused opponents Monday of trying to "exploit" the Boston Marathon bombings to hold up the ...
Egypt's opposing parties argue over judiciary
Egypt's main opposition group and judges vowed Monday to step up their fight against plans by the Islamist-dominated legislature to debate a bill ...
White House: Obama backs Internet sales tax bill
The White House says President Barack Obama supports a bill to give states more authority to collect sales tax from Internet retailers. White House ...
Newtown families: We'll keep fighting for gun law
Disappointment. Disgust. Grossly unfair. That's how some families who lost loved ones in December's massacre at a Connecticut elementary school view ...
Judge sides with sons about Jim Thorpe's remains
The two surviving children of sports great Jim Thorpe won a critical ruling Friday in federal court that could clear the way for his remains to be ...
Boston bombings shadow immigration bill
The Boston Marathon bombings cast a shadow Friday over the start of debate on legislation to remake the U.S. immigration system, as some Republicans ...
Obama, victims' families overcome by gun owners
Four months ago, President Barack Obama promised a grieving nation he would do everything in his power to change gun laws after 26 students and staff ...
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 ...
Egypt's opposition split over election boycott
A split erupted Thursday in Egypt's main liberal opposition bloc, the National Salvation Front, over whether to go ahead with a boycott of ...
House passes pro-business cybersecurity bill
Pro-business legislation aimed at helping companies fend off sophisticated foreign hackers sailed through the House on Thursday despite a White House ...
Russian sanctions author joins Magnitsky family
The author of sanctions against Russians over human rights violations said Thursday there would be no need for punishment if Russia focused on holding ...
Gun control backers: Senate defeat won't stop us
One day after the demise of gun control legislation, Senate supporters of the measure vowed to try again, while a leading opponent accused President ...
Montana gov. to sign bill decriminalizing gay sex
Montana Gov. Steve Bullock will sign into law a bill that decriminalizes gay sex, 16 years after the state supreme court ruled the law ...
Kerry disappointed by recent talks with Iran
Secretary of State John Kerry called for patience despite widespread frustration with the recent failure of negotiations between six world powers and ...
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