'Your papers, please' must never be heard in America
Republicans who don't tow pro-immigration lines may face fire from within the ranks of their own political party.
President Obama underwent a fitness test at a Pentagon health clinic over the weekend as part of a periodic medical exam coordinated by his doctor.
Mitt Romney's excommunication from the GOP continued over the weekend, with top Republicans growing increasingly angry with the defeated presidential candidate for the damage he's done — and continues to do — to the party's image.
A former George W. Bush administration official joined Democrats Wednesday in calling for the reauthorization of the U.S. Export-Import Bank as it faces a May 31 deadline to stay in business.
The name of Jeb Bush has been bandied about for months as a jump-in candidate for president; the former governor of Florida is described as "the last dream date that Republicans may have at their disposal."
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The Bush administration yesterday announced reforms to better secure the nation's borders and address rising immigration challenges.
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The federal government yesterday announced it will give the District $11.9 million to fix communications problems still plaguing first responders six years after the September 11 terror attacks.
The federal government yesterday announced it will give the District $11.9 million to fix communications problems still plaguing first responders six years after the September 11 terror attacks.
President Bush has invested the bulk of his dwindling political capital to push through an unpopular immigration-reform bill, which is being seen as a last-ditch effort during his remaining 19 months in office to leave behind a domestic achievement.
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As Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid prepares to bring up the immigration bill once again, the Bush administration and amnesty advocates in Congress are attempting to sell the measure as critical "national security" legislation. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez makes this pitch over and over again, and Sen. Ted Kennedy this week took time out from from poor-mouthing the war effort in Iraq to try to spin the Senate bill as a critical tool in the war against al Qaeda. Mr. Kennedy told the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce on Monday that Britain, France and Germany had problems with jihadist terror because Muslim immigrants are "all in different communities, which failed to assimilate individuals."
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Those who don't take the vote who get attacked by primary challengers who would have voted for it — that's a very interesting question," Mr. Gutierrez said, in The Hill. "That's also a possibility."
GOP PAC to target Republicans who don't walk pro-immigration line →
Mr. Gutierrez added: "If someone has voted for immigration reform and gets a primary challenger, we'll go after them. We'll go after challengers."
GOP PAC to target Republicans who don't walk pro-immigration line →
