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  • ** FILE ** Jesse James and others tried to rob a bank in Northfield, Minn., in 1876. Adelbert Ames was among the locals who assembled to drive off the robbers. (Historical Society of Missouri)

    PRUDEN: An abundance of villains in the great immigration scam

    Villains abound in the great immigration scam, now playing out in Congress, and not all of them are Democrats. Some are fat cats of the Republican persuasion, and the satisfied smiles on their faces suggest Cheshire blood lines.

  • House Speaker John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican, listens to a reporter's question during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, May 23, 2013. (Associated Press)

    Speaker John Boehner: House GOP majority must back any immigration bill

    Speaker John A. Boehner said Tuesday that he won't bring an immigration bill to the chamber floor unless it can win the support of a majority of House Republicans, creating hurdles for those hoping to see Congress legalize illegal immigrants.

  • Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

    KNIGHT: The GOP temptation to try to fix the unfixable

    It doesn't matter whether the Republican-led House passes good, workable immigration legislation.

  • **FILE** Sen. Marco Rubio, Florida Republican, speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 12, 2013. (Associated Press)

    PRUDEN: Immigration reform to gag on

    The Democrats pushing immigration reform want the issue, not the reform, and they think a defeat they could hang on the Republicans could give them a shot at keeping the Senate and taking the House next November. Then they could enact a law to give everybody who wants one an American passport. This would guarantee unanimous election results, like those in the squalid places the illegals are fleeing.

  • New Jersey senator is anti-guns

    Right now, Trenton, N.J., lawmakers have served up the main dish of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, and I'm very afraid gun owners could end up playing the role of the governor's napkin. Mr. Christie appointed Jeffrey Chiesa, a Republican, to the U.S. Senate. This is bad news for gun owners because he will serve for about four months — an extraordinarily crucial time for your Second Amendment rights in the Senate. With Mr. Christie's buddy, President Obama, bent on resurrecting his anti-gun crusade in the coming weeks or months, Mr. Chiesa may be the key to victory or defeat for your right to keep and bear arms.

  • Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, accompanied by families and friends of the Newtown, Conn., shooting victims, including (from left) Jillian, Carlee and Carlos Soto, siblings of Victoria Soto, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill on June 13, 2013, the six-month anniversary of the Newtown shooting. (Associated Press)

    Harry Reid: Background checks will pass — only question is when

    On the eve of the six-month anniversary of the Connecticut school shooting, the White House and congressional leaders vowed to continue pushing for new gun controls — but the aftermath of recent mass shootings suggests such an effort is easier said than done.

  • Immigration debate bogs down over how to vote on amendments

    The immigration debate is getting off to a bad start with Republicans and Democrats already sparring over how to even vote on amendments — with Democrats insisting every vote achieve a 60-vote filibuster-style threshold in order to pass.

  • **FILE** An undocumented migrant, who refused to identify himself, clings to the border as he checks on the U.S. Border Patrol from the Mexico side of the United States-Mexico border in Tijuana, Mexico, on June 5, 2006. (Associated Press)

    Border War: Security at the center of Senate immigration fight

    The era of good feelings surrounding the immigration bill collapsed Wednesday, less than 24 hours into the Senate's debate on the issue, after Republicans and Democrats couldn't even agree on how vote on amendments.

  • Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

    EDITORIAL: What's the rush?

    Supporters of comprehensive immigration reform tell us, over and over, that the immigration system is "broken," and they're in a hurry to fix it.

  • **FILE** Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill on May 21, 2013, following the Republican policy luncheon. (Associated Press)

    McConnell: Immigration bill has 'serious flaws'

    Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday that the immigration bill making its way to the chamber floor later in the day has "serious flaws" that must be fixed before the legislation can pass.

  • **FILE** Sen. Chuck Grassley, Iowa Republican, speaks during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on immigrant women and immigration reform on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 18, 2013. (Associated Press)

    Lessons of 1986 amnesty loom in immigration debate

    As Congress takes up immigration reform, the last major amnesty in 1986 hangs heavily over the debate — a lesson for both sides in the perils of failing on border and employment security, even as they move for another round of legalization.

  • **FILE** Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, speaks with reporters following a Democratic strategy session at the Capitol in Washington on April 9, 2013. (Associated Press)

    Sen. Harry Reid refuses to bend on core of 'Gang of Eight' immigration bill

    Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid ruled out any major changes to the immigration bill he will bring to the chamber floor this week, saying in an interview that aired Sunday that he will battle to prevent anyone from altering the core of the bipartisan deal reached by the so-called Gang of Eight.

  • **FILE** Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Republican, speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 4, 2013, following a Democratic strategy session. (Associated Press)

    Immigration bill heads to Senate floor

    Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Thursday officially began the process of bringing the immigration bill to the Senate floor, setting up the first major test vote for next Monday.

  • **FILE** Men recently deported from Arizona wait in line to be registered with Mexican authorities at the border in Nogales, Mexico, on April 28, 2010. (Associated Press)

    GOP votes to lift deportation limits; signals trouble for broader reform bill

    The immigration fight wasn't supposed to begin until next week but it got a head start Thursday when House Republicans voted to overturn President Obama's policies and start deporting rank-and-file illegal immigrants again — an early signal that a broad legalization bill will have trouble passing Congress this year.

  • **FILE** Sen. Marco Rubio, Florida Republican (Associated Press)

    Sen. Marco Rubio: Immigration bill does not have votes to pass

    Sen. Marco Rubio said Tuesday that there aren't 60 votes to pass the immigration bill he wrote and that the Senate will have to embrace even stiffer enforcement in order to win voters' confidence and sway lawmakers reluctant to repeat the mistakes of the 1986 amnesty.

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  • "I am disappointed that despite high unemployment numbers in Nevada and across the nation, not one Republican voted to provide out-of-work Americans the support they need to make ends meet," he said.

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  • Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, issued a statement blasting Republicans for their opposition, but he was silent on the 12 members of his caucus who also blocked the bill.

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