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... Democrat advocated for the DREAM Act, which would give legal status to undocumented immigrants brought to America as children. As governor, O’Malley signed a bill allowing undocumented students in Maryland to pay in-state tuition rates at public colleges and universities. Obamacare and health care: Expand the Affordable Care ...
... PETER ARNETT, Former Associated Press Reporter: The reason I stayed behind was that I was there in the beginning 1962 and covered it through the intervening years. So I felt I had to stay behind to see what would happen to Saigon when the Communists arrived. MIKE CERRE: Peter Arnett ...
... regret that these powers have not been delivered. JUDY WOODRUFF: The proposals will be introduced as legislation in the U.K. Parliament in January. Comedian Bill Cosby gave an exclusive interview to a tabloid nine years ago refuting sex assault allegations in exchange for the newspaper withholding another accuser's ...
... Lundergan Grimes (D), who are embroiled in one of the most contentious national races in the country, will appear live on "Kentucky Tonight" with host Bill Goodman. Libertarian candidate David Patterson will not be present, following a short but heated legal challenge against KET. The race is one of the ...
... borders wide. And so this is partly a legacy of just the generalized distrust of immigration. It's probably, frankly, a legacy of the immigration bill that passed under Ronald Reagan, which is a good bill, but without the border enforcement that undermined trust in all future immigration bills. MARK ...
... of more than 200,000 is the first time that’s happened since September 1999 to January 2000. President Barack Obama was asked in an interview with Marketplace’s Kai Ryssdal about the headlines of continued good job numbers and the seeming disconnect between that and how people feel. “We ...
Seeking to keep a pair of delicate diplomatic efforts afloat, President Barack Obama will personally appeal for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to move forward on peace talks with the Palestinians, while also trying to manage Israel's deep suspicion of his pursuit of a nuclear accord with Iran.
It was 20 years ago this year that Canada, Mexico and the U.S. created the North American Free Trade Agreement. At the time, businessman and presidential candidate Ross Perot predicted a "giant sucking sound" of U.S. jobs heading south into Mexico. The Zapatistas, a Mexican rebel group, labeled NAFTA a "death sentence" to Indian communities...
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid speaks with Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., as he walks to the Senate Democrats' caucus lunch on Thursday. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call) Sometimes a day in Washington can be just as productive as an evening spent watching "Sharknado." Thursday might have been one of those days. Senate Majority Leader...
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