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"Working together" has been the theme of the "Gang Of Eight" bipartisan U.S. Senate panel who have been working round the clock to get a bill reforming the nation's immigration laws done.
As the debate on immigration reform continues, President Obama is "urgently awaiting" the bill that will bring about comprehensive immigration reform that is being worked on by the "Gang of Eight" bipartisan Senate panel.
In yet another step towards immigration reform, President Obama met Friday with several religious leaders in Washington to discuss the need to fix the immigration system-a meeting that leaders left with optimism on the issue afterwards.
A new poll indicates that nearly two-thirds of Latino voters want same-sex couples to be included as part of immigration reform in Washington.
The sequester deadline is today and unless President Obama and Republican leaders can strike a last minute deal the $85 billion of across the board cuts will go into effect. But what program budgets are actually getting snipped and by how much?
On Thursday, the House of Representatives approved a renewed version of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) which guarantees $659 million in funding over the next five years for victims of domestic violence, dating violence and stalking. The bill also protects immigrants, gays and Native Americans from domestic and sexual violence.
Two days after hundreds of detained immigrants held at detention facilities nationwide were released due to pending spending cuts, both Homeland Security Department and White House officials said they were not made aware of the decision to set those immigrants free.
At last, the US Senate has confirmed President Obama's pick for Secretary of Defense, Chuck Hagel, in a historically close 58 to 41 vote on Tuesday.
President Obama received praise from two lead Republicans Tuesday after a highly anticipated meeting to talk about pending legislation to fix the nation's immigration laws, but was slammed by Republicans after his administration decided to release hundreds of undocumented immigrants due to pending sequester cuts.
At the end of the day, business is business, and that philosophy for the WWE is what could land Jack Swagger from the hot seat back into the limelight.
In a huge step forward towards fixing the U.S. immigration system, business and labor leaders have apparently ironed out the basic outline on a compromise for a new system that can bring low-skilled workers to U.S. borders.
After weeks without talks on the U.S. budget crisis, President Barack Obama called Republican leaders on Thursday to discuss the harsh "sequestration" cuts to government spending due to begin in just over a week.
The White House is treading lightly in the aftermath of President Obama's leaked immigration plan, calling it only a backup plan in case Congress is unable to come to a consensus on comprehensive immigration reform in the next few months.
After much anticipation, details from President Obama's plan to reform immigration were reported this week-plans that include providing a pathway to citizenship for millions of undocumented immigrants.
Marco Rubio's response to the State of the Union address was by a majority seen as a media disaster.
