The Senate Gang of 8 immigration bill will likely move to the Senate floor next week, and if there’s one person who’s been in front of the charge to delay and stall the bill, it’s Senator Jefferson Beauregard Sessions (R-AL). A profile by Jordan Fabian at ABC/Univision today goes...
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USA Today (Gannett Washington Bureau): Immigration bill faces tough path in full Senate By Erin Kelly ABC/Univision: Rubio: Immigration’s Possible Savior and Probable Punching Bag By Ted Hesson Washington Post (Blog): Can the GOP base really kill immigration reform? Not if Republicans don’t let it. By Greg Sargent Inquirer.net:...
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May 31, 2013
Today, America’s Voice Education Fund and fellow immigration experts held the fourteenth in a series of weekly press briefings, or Immigration Reform “Office Hours.” Each week, a different and diverse group of speakers shares the latest information on the players, politics, legislation and other developments in the debate in...
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This week, longtime conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly issued a call for the Republican Party to abandon immigration reform and Hispanic outreach in favor of a strategy focused on white voters. Talking Points Memo reports: “Phyllis Schlafly of the ‘pro-family’ group Eagle Forum called the GOP’s need to reach out to Hispanic voters a ‘great...
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The Hill: Pro-immigrant groups balk at Gang of Eight’s goal of 70 votes By Alexander Bolton Los Angeles Times: Opponents of immigration reform face changed landscape By Lisa Moscaro NBC News: Immigration and the blame game By Mark Murray NBC News: For promoters and foes, immigration bill’s larger impact...
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Shortly after introduction of the Gang of 8 immigration reform bill this year, Senator John McCain said this about the GOP and the importance of passing immigration reform in order to attract Latino voters: “I think we can compete,” McCain said. “But if we don’t do this, we can’t begin the...
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A Tea Party-sponsored call last night featuring Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL)’s communication director and the Heritage Foundation’s Robert Rector also featured an alleged “joke” about shooting Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) over her potential support for immigration reform. According to Think Progress, this is what happened when the moderator opened...
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Reuters: Supporters of U.S. immigration bill unsettled by Rubio message By Caren Bohan Daily Kos: Reid confident in 60 immigration votes, so why give in even more? NATIONAL Washington Examiner: Ted Cruz opens up on immigration By Byron York NBC Latino: Crowd protests Senator Cruz on immigration and gun...
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Yesterday at DailyKos, Markos Moulitsas took a look at the amendments Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) is proposing to the Senate immigration reform bill. Markos examines Hatch’s strategy in relation to the GOP’s fumbling attempts to attract Latino voters, and concludes that Hatch’s amendments could have negative impact on the GOP effort:...
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That font of political wisdom on the politics of immigration, Steve King, has some advice for Marco Rubio: Rep. Steve King (R-IA), the tea party stalwart and potential 2014 U.S. Senate candidate, thinks Sen. Marco Rubio (R-IA) has hurt his 2016 prospects in Iowa with his leading role on...
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