Jan 23, 2010
Congressional Democrats are anxiously anticipating President Barack Obama's State of the Union address on Wednesday as they look to him to reverse a precipitous political slide that has endangered their majorities and helped revive the GOP.
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Jan 22, 2010
In today's Congress Daily, Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) identified the key lesson both parties need to learn from the special election in Massachusetts this week: the American people sent policymakers to Washington to solve tough problems, not run from them. He blasted politicians who think the smartest strategy...
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Even before Senator-elect Scott P. Brown is sworn in, Massachusetts political groups are starting to call on him to back specific policies in Washington.
The Springfield-based Alliance to Develop Power, a community organization that advocates social and economic justice, will hold a press conference Friday to call on Brown to...
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Jan 21, 2010
The first time I saw her, I was ordering a pizza. Mariam Sarkisian was a teenager helping her father, who owned the place, a typical pizzeria in a mall in the suburbs of Henderson five or six years ago.
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The immigrant station's past underscores America's contradictory approach to immigration: The U.S. welcomes the 'huddled masses yearning to be free' even as it unfairly detains and deports newcomers.
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New census figures that provide a snapshot of America's foreign-born population are challenging conventional views of immigration, race and ethnicity.
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Haitians living in the United States started applying Thursday for a government program offering qualified immigrants the chance to legally remain in the country and get work permits.
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The message from voters in Massachusetts has Democrats reassessing their next steps as they balance the risks of an election year with an agenda they can no longer push through on their own.
Republican Scott Brown's jaw-dropping victory Tuesday night in the special election to serve out the remainder of...
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George H. W. Bush during a 1980 presidential debate, “We’re doing two things: we’re creating a whole society of... Continue »
Anees Sous, the father of six US citizen children, has been living in the United States for over 27 years – that's over 27 years of paying taxes, putting his children through school, setting up his own business, and essentially doing what most immigrants come here to do: search...
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