Swamp Gas, June 4, 2007
by Frank James A quick guided tour of some of the morning's most interesting or important (or both) Washington-related stories. The Democratic presidential candidates went after each other on the...
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Bush pushes immigration bill
President Bush prodded Congress on Tuesday to approve immigration reform this year, assuring senators that he supports comprehensive legislation that would include a guest-worker program as well as improved enforcement....
Bush pushes immigration bill
President Bush prodded Congress on Tuesday to approve immigration reform this year, assuring senators that he supports comprehensive legislation that would include a guest-worker program as well as improved enforcement....
Feds threaten more raids on employers
A day after federal agents arrested 1,187 people on illegal-immigration charges in the nation's largest-ever work-site enforcement action, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff on Thursday warned of an intensified campaign...
Critics: Immigration bill bordering on unrealistic
The sweeping immigration bill the Senate will tackle upon its return to Washington next week has been hailed as a compromise that marries tough border enforcement with humane treatment of...
Can marches sway Congress?
In cities both large and small across the United States on Monday, several hundred thousand marchers stepped up the pressure on Congress to offer legal status to undocumented immigrants instead...
Immigration deal falls apart
Euphoria over a bipartisan Senate compromise on sweeping immigration reform reached a day earlier was dashed Friday after Republicans and Democrats disagreed on how to proceed, with each side blaming...
Hastert appears to open door to guest-worker program
House Speaker Dennis Hastert indicated Wednesday that he was willing to consider a guest-worker program as part of the immigration-reform package now moving through Congress. Meanwhile, the Senate began debate...
Court sides with military
In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court ruled Monday that colleges and universities that accept federal funding cannot bar military recruiters from their campuses because they object to the Pentagon's...
`Merry Holiday’ to all and to some a Christmas fight
Fair warning to any public official who renames a Christmas tree a "holiday tree": You may get a call from one of hundreds of lawyers lined up by Christian legal...