The Senate is working on a three-step immigration proposal that will enable illegal immigrants in the country to apply for provisional legal status and, eventually, green cards only after officials have determined various “border-security” targets have been met, American businesses implement E-Verify, and a port security system to prevent people from overstaying their visas has… Read more »
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Mayors Against Illegal Guns will counter NRA grades of congresspeople with its own report cards
For decades, the National Rifle Association has doled out letter grades to members of Congress based on how the organization rates their allegiance to the gun lobby’s interpretation of their votes on firearms legislation. Check out the NRA’s report card and you’ll find it skewed toward A’s and F’s. Only 11 percent of both houses… Read more »
Blockbuster Immigration Report Could Derail Gang of Eight
Former South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint, now the president of the conservative Heritage Foundation, said Tuesday that his former colleagues’ largely secret negotiations about immigration reform are troubling. A bipartisan group, dubbed the “Gang of Eight,” has been spearheading immigration reform efforts for months, and no legislative text has been presented to date. When it… Read more »
BREAKING: Sources Report Senate Republicans Caving on Guns
Sources inside the Senate tell me that the Republican Conference is scared to death of the tactics of Senators Lee, Cruz and Paul – that it is supposedly putting them in a tough spot. Several of the Republicans are using the Manchin-Toomey compromise plan as an excuse to cave on the gun filibuster. They claim… Read more »