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WASHINGTON (AP) — White House-backed immigration legislation is gaining momentum in the Senate, where key lawmakers say they are closing in on a bipartisan compromise to spend tens of billions of dollars stiffening the bill's border security requirements without delaying legalization for millions living in the country unlawfully. Tweet This Post
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Compromise among senators eyed on border security
Posted by admin on June 19th, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — After secretive talks, key senators express optimism they are closing in on a bipartisan agreement to toughen the border security requirements in immigration legislation that also offers a path to citizenship to millions living in the country illegally. Tweet This Post
Should U.S. or Local Authorities Judge Border’s Security? Americans Divided
Posted by admin on June 19th, 2013
Fewer than half of Americans think the Homeland Security Department should be responsible for determining if the country’s borders are secure, according to the latest United Technologies/National Journal Congressional Connection Poll, indicating a small preference for a national agency over state and local government. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post
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No Comments »Americans Split on Linking Border Security and Citizenship in Immigration Reform
Posted by admin on June 19th, 2013
Most Americans say illegal immigrants should be allowed to remain in the country, but the public divides evenly on whether citizenship should be linked to stiff progress in securing the border, as many Senate Republicans are demanding, the latest United Technologies/National Journal Congressional Connection Poll has found. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This [...]
Posted in Breaking News Tags: Americans, Border, Citizenship, Immigration, linking, reform, Security, Split No Comments »GOP Members of Homeland Security Subcommittee Fail Key Test
Posted by admin on June 13th, 2013
When I first came to Washington in 1969, one of the first members of Congress I met and talked to was George Mahon, a courtly, laconic conservative Southern Democrat who happened to be chairman of the House Appropriations Committee. We talked about the committee and its traditions, and he said to me, “If you want [...]
Why Democrats Are Afraid of Border Security
Posted by admin on June 12th, 2013
For the Senate to pass a comprehensive immigration-reform bill, Republicans are going to have to start trusting Democrats or Democrats are going to have to start trusting Republicans. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post
Google asks government to allow publishing of national security request information
Posted by admin on June 11th, 2013
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Posted in Breaking News Tags: allow, asks, Google, government, Information, National, publishing, Request, Security No Comments »Insiders: Congress Ineffective in Oversight of National Security
Posted by admin on June 11th, 2013
Three-quarters of National Journal’s National Security Insiders said Congress ineffectively oversees the executive branch’s national security programs. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post
Posted in Breaking News Tags: Congress, ineffective, Insiders, National, oversight, Security No Comments »Our Privatized National Security State
Posted by admin on June 10th, 2013
Some of America’s biggest social media and tech companies have been denying in recent days that they were aware of the National Security Agency’s recently-exposed “PRISM” and telephone monitoring programs. But these denials obscure a larger truth: The government’s massive data collection and surveillance system was largely built not by professional spies or Washington bureaucrats [...]
