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• in Politics
  Keep it Up! Co-Sponsor, Senators Dropping Support for SOPA
  Pressure from users of popular sites blacked out in protest of SOPA has caused gov't officials to rethink their positions.
  by dopodomani / on Jan 18, 2012

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “john cornyn”

 

• Poll: Illinoisans Overwhelmingly Support Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill

  
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  A new state poll released by Public Policy Polling Thursday shows that 78 percent of likely Illinois voters strongly or somewhat support the bipartisan, immigration reform legislation currently being debated in the U.S. Senate. The survey of 502 likely Illinois voters also shows that 75 percent strongly or somewhat ...
  4 days ago

• Republican Anti-Immigration Filibuster Is Defeated 82-15. Whats Next?

  
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  Will the immigration reform battle sink any of these ships? Yesterday just over a dozen motley racists-- all Republicans-- voted against shutting down Jefferson Beauregard Session IIIs filibuster of the comprehensive immigration bill. These were the 15 bigots: • John Barrasso (R-WY) • John Boozman ...
  4 days ago

• Republican Anti-Immigration Filibuster Is Defeated 82-15. Whats Next?

  
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  Will the immigration reform battle sink any of these ships? Yesterday just over a dozen motley racists-- all Republicans-- voted against shutting down Jefferson Beauregard Session IIIs filibuster of the comprehensive immigration bill. These were the 15 bigots: • John Barrasso (R-WY) • John Boozman ...
  5 days ago

• Sen. John Cornyns immigration amendment has turned into a flashpoint. So whats in it?

  
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  Senators spent part of Wednesday afternoon quarreling over plans to begin voting on amendments to the bipartisan immigration reform bill, but failed to reach an agreement on how to proceed. Democrats hope to begin holding votes Thursday, but might have to punt those plans into next week. Read full article >> ...
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• 1986

  
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  Were George Orwell alive today he would write a book titled 1986.  It would include a narrative of all the cast of characters who lied to us about immigration enforcement 27 years ago, yet are now serving as the problem-solvers to fix the lies they originally propagated. It would include a character of John McCain ...
  5 days ago

• No More Games

  
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  So many conservatives have been dancing around the issue of Senator Marco Rubio’s collaboration with Chuck Schumer to pass comprehensive immigration reform. We have blamed his staff. We have blamed Democrats. We all like and respect the Senator, even if we disagree on this issue. We do not want to blame him for the ...
  5 days ago

• Republican Anti-Immigration Filibuster Is Defeated 82-15. Whats Next?

  
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  Will the immigration reform battle sink any of these ships? Yesterday just over a dozen motley racists-- all Republicans-- voted against shutting down Jefferson Beauregard Session IIIs filibuster of the comprehensive immigration bill. These were the 15 bigots: • John Barrasso (R-WY) • John Boozman ...
  6 days ago

• West blast: Sen. John Cornyn calls FEMA aid denial “inexcusable”

  
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  … WASHINGTON — Sen. John Cornyn called FEMA’s decision to deny aid to help rebuild West, Texas, after a deadly fertilizer plant blast “completely unacceptable.” “We will aggressively pursue this matter with FEMA and pursue all appeals and remedies available to us. It’s just simply unacceptable. ...
  6 days ago

• Greg Sargent: How conservatives are trying to kill immigration reform

  
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  This morning, GOP Senator John Cornyn unveiled his much-anticipated amendment to the Senate "gang of eight" compromise -- the most ambitiouseffort yet to move the bill to the right by stiffening border security requirements. Advocates have been looking to Cornyns amendment for clues as to what mainstream ...
  6 days ago

• Poison Pill, It’s Our Just Border Security

  
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  The so-called deadly amendment … Border security first … And no it’s not from the dirt bag Rubio. Sen. John Cornyn , the second-ranking Republican in the Senate, has just released his much-discussed amendment to the Gang of Eight comprehensive immigration reform bill. The amendment is extensive — 134 pages ...
  6 days ago

• Kirk Votes Against Debate On Senate Immigration Reform Bill

  
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  U.S. Sen Mark Kirk (R-IL) was  one of 15 senators who voted against  discussion of the chambers bipartisan immigration reform bill. The Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act Of 2013,  SB 744 , was drafted by the Senates Gang of Eight, which includes U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin. The bill ...
  1 week ago

• ‘ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION WILL BE THING OF PAST’

  
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  After the U.S. Senate voted to pass the motion to proceed to floor debate on the “Gang of Eight” immigration bill, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) claimed that this bill would solve illegal immigration and secure the border. “Illegal immigration will be a thing of the past,” Schumer said on the Senate floor, ...
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• Which senators voted to debate the immigration bill? (And who didn’t?)

  
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  Which senators voted to debate the immigration bill? (And who didn’t?) The Senate voted 82-15 on Tuesday to bring up a comprehensive immigration reform bill for a debate that is expected to last weeks. That’s a healthy vote margin for any piece of legislation, but remember the vote was only on the procedural ...
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• Cornyn on IRS: Holder Picking Special Counsel Like ‘Fox Guarding the Hen House’

  
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  “No accountability, and just rife with conflicts of interest," Texas senator tells PJM.
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• On immigration, Sen. Ted Cruz joins failed filibuster as Sen. John Cornyn votes to start debate

  
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  … Senate Minority Whip John Cornyn, with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., explains an amendment he wants in the immigration bill, requiring the government to monitor the entire U.S.-Mexico border and catch 90 percent of would-be border crossers before anyone can get a permanent resident green ...
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• Immigration reform moving to the full Senate

  
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  Gang of Eight The Senate will hold a cloture vote on immigration reform Tuesday afternoon, in a vote that Republicans arent expected to seriously try to filibuster. But as debate on the bill begins in the full Senate, Republicans are expected to introduce a long list of amendments weakening it , from ones ...
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• Reid Calls Cornyn’s Immigration Amendment A ‘Poison Pill’

  
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  WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators prepared Monday for the first votes in the full Senate on a landmark immigration bill, readying amendments on contentious issues including border security, back taxes and health care coverage. The two votes scheduled for Tuesday afternoon are on procedural measures to officially allow ...
  1 week ago

• Sen. John Cornyn warns of weak triggers in Gang of Eight immigration plan

  
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  … WASHINGTON — On the eve of a key test vote on immigration, Sen. John Cornyn took to the Senate floor Monday afternoon to warn that the “Gang of Eight” plan will allow citizenship far too easily for 11 or 12 million people in the country illegally. Cornyn, the deputy GOP Senate leader. is promoting ...
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• A Primer on the Upcoming Senate Immigration Debate

  
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  On Tuesday afternoon, Harry Reid plans to bring the amnesty/immigration deform bill (S.744) to the floor for the first procedural vote – cloture on motion to proceed with debate.  Harry Reid can probably count on all 54 Democrats voting for cloture, with the possible exception of Mark Pryor (AR).  In a sane world, ...
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• Duane Buck Case Featured on HuffPost Live Today

  
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  The Duane Buck case will be featured on Huffington Post Live today at 1:00 pm CDT (2:00 pm EDT). NAACP LDF attorney Christina Swarns and former Texas Governor Mark White will discuss the case. LDF has also released a new...
  1 week ago

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