Sens. Durbin, Schumer discuss budget on Capitol Hill
Sen. Richard Durbin, D-IL, and Sen. Charles Schumer, D-NY, (R) hold a news conference to discuss the budget on Capitol Hill in Washington on January 26, 2011. UPI/Roger L. Wollenberg
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A U.S. Senate committee Thursday began the arduous process of marking up proposed legislation overhauling the nation's immigration laws.
A Yemeni man who spent time in the United States as a high school student warned Congress that drone strikes are making his neighbors anti-American.
As the images of 20 first-graders massacred in Connecticut, of the horrific attack on former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and others in Arizona, of the slaughter of movie-goers in Aurora, Colo., and of numerous other mass killings in the United States fade in the national memory, the fervor to restrict access to some types of weapons and magazines appears to be abating.
Both President Obama and a bipartisan group of senators say they want to fix the country's immigration system Obama called "out of date and badly broken."
Former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords told a U.S. Senate panel Wednesday "the time is now" to act on gun violence because "too many children are dying."
U.S. Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin said Democrats, so far, indicated they wouldn't oppose ex-Sen. Chuck Hagel's confirmation as defense secretary.
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A bipartisan group of eight U.S. senators offered a proposal to revamp the country's immigration laws Monday, saying the time is here to begin fixing the system
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U.S. Sen. John McCain said Sunday he and his colleagues will be releasing their immigration reform plan this week.
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