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In a harsh verbal lashing, President Obama struck back at House Republicans who on Thursday passed a stopgap spending measure that would to continue government operations, but block funding for the Affordable Care Act or "Obamacare."
Congressional Republicans have received a storm of backlash in response to their latest attempt to reach out to Latinos in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month.
Republicans in the House of Representatives vowed Wednesday to pass legislation that could avert a federal government shutdown on October 1 and avoid a historic national default while simultaneously canceling out President Barack Obama's signature health care overhaul law, the Affordable Care Act.
Stopping the deportation of undocumented residents would be a posture "very difficult to defend" juridically, President Barack Obama said on Tuesday.
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg may help nudge congressional leaders to pass an immigration reform bill before the end of the year.
Arkansas Congressman Steve Womack's patronizing remark about clothing to one of his constituents at a town hall meet last week went viral, bringing out a non-apology apology from the U.S. Representative about the spirit of his comments.
At the town hall, the constituent - who's name is difficult to understand in this YouTube video - identifies himself as a Mexican-American from Fort Smith, Arkansas. Speaking with unaccented English, the young man, who is wearing a Mexican-flag colored polo shirt, describes having two Mexican parents and questions if Womack sees any hope for immigration reform to help create a pathway to citizenship for the eleven million undocumented residents of the United States.
In the shadow of the March on Washington, pro-immigration supporters across the nation this past weekend staged several marches, demonstrations and vigils in efforts to get Congress to support immigration reform.
With the House gearing up for a vote on immigration reform, groups from many walks of life, including business and religious entities, are making their voices heard.
The GOP's political future appears tied to the fate of immigration reform as a controversial Senate bill awaits a vote in the House sometime this fall--yet one of Washington's top Republicans said the chances of a bill passing this year are better than most realize.
In a possible sign of a shift in attitude for Republicans on the controversial subject of immigration reform, Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus this week offered public rebukes on controversial remarks regarding immigrants made by Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, and former GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney.
Sen. John McCain continued his push for immigration reform in Congress while speaking at a forum hosted by AFL-CIO and the Economic Policy Institute on Tuesday.
President Obama will be visiting several major Spanish-speaking networks this week as he attempts to garner more public support while the House mulls over the Senate's immigration reform proposal on the table.
Days after the Republican body of the House of Representatives stated that they would not support the highly-debated immigration reform bill, President Obama once more took to the airwaves in his weekly radio address to call for the House to pass the bill into law.
With the immigration reform proposal due for a potentially earth-shaking debate this summer, another major Republican has issued his support for immigration reform, but some Democrats are becoming hesitant on the bill's tough border provisions.
On Sunday, legislators took to the airwaves as they argued their cases for and against the immigration reform bill's passage at the House this time around.
