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Homeland Security chief seeks to repeal Real ID Act

A post-9/11 law that sets federal standards for state driver's licenses and identification cards is under fire from the head of the agency enforcing that law, the Department of Homeland Security.

Commentary: House GOP pushes 'reform for dummies'

In tackling the immigration issue, Republicans in Congress really outdid themselves. Call it: "Immigration Reform for Dummies."

First Guard troops set to work at Mexican border

The first of about 6,000 National Guard troops ordered to bolster patrols along the U.S.-Mexico border started work Monday as a 55-member detachment from Utah began working on projects in southern Arizona, a Guard spokesman said.

Bush calls for House, Senate compromise on immigration

President Bush Thursday urged the House and Senate to work out compromise legislation on immigration reform, and said opponents of one of his key proposals are taking an approach that's "wrong and unrealistic."

Sensenbrenner: Senate bill amounts to amnesty

A top House opponent to a Senate plan to offer illegal immigrants an eventual "path to U.S. citizenship" said Friday that senators who passed the bill were not being honest.

GOP leadership backs away from tough immigration measure

The top Republicans in both the House and Senate are indicating they don't support language in an immigration bill that would make entering the country illegally a felony.

Immigration bill may lose felony proviso

The top Republicans in both the House and Senate indicated Tuesday they don't support language in an immigration bill that would make entering the country illegally a felony.

Lawmakers draw immigration battle lines

On the eve of a showdown over what could be a historic overhaul of U.S. immigration law, congressmen drew lines in the sand Sunday, leaving it all but impossible to envision what kind of legislation might ultimately win passage.

The immigration divide

The numbers tell the story -- one of conflicted values and little resolution.

Immigration debate heads from streets to Senate

Protests against a proposed crackdown on illegal immigrants brought demonstrators to the streets of Los Angeles again Sunday, but in much smaller numbers than Saturday's massive rally.

Homeland Security chief seeks to repeal Real ID Act

A post-9/11 law that sets federal standards for state driver's licenses and identification cards is under fire from the head of the agency enforcing that law, the Department of Homeland Security.

Commentary: House GOP pushes 'reform for dummies'

In tackling the immigration issue, Republicans in Congress really outdid themselves. Call it: "Immigration Reform for Dummies."

First Guard troops set to work at Mexican border

Bush calls for House, Senate compromise on immigration

Sensenbrenner: Senate bill amounts to amnesty

A top House opponent to a Senate plan to offer illegal immigrants an eventual "path to U.S. citizenship" said Friday that senators who passed the bill were not being honest.

GOP leadership backs away from tough immigration measure

The top Republicans in both the House and Senate are indicating they don't support language in an immigration bill that would make entering the country illegally a felony.

Immigration bill may lose felony proviso

The top Republicans in both the House and Senate indicated Tuesday they don't support language in an immigration bill that would make entering the country illegally a felony.

Lawmakers draw immigration battle lines

The immigration divide

The numbers tell the story -- one of conflicted values and little resolution.

Immigration debate heads from streets to Senate

Protests against a proposed crackdown on illegal immigrants brought demonstrators to the streets of Los Angeles again Sunday, but in much smaller numbers than Saturday's massive rally.

Hispanics march in Milwaukee against immigration bills

Thousands of demonstrators marched in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Thursday to oppose tough anti-immigration legislation sponsored by their Republican congressman Jim Sensenbrenner.

Robert Novak: Decline of Congress

On the evening of December 22, Sen. John Warner, the Senate's Acting President Pro Tempore, declared: "In my capacity as the senior senator from Virginia, I ask unanimous consent that the chair now lay before the Senate the House message to accompany S.2167." The Virginia senator and the chair happened to be the same person, John Warner. All his colleagues had left to celebrate Christmas. Warner granted his own request, and the Senate adjourned after two minutes.

Patriot Act gets one-month extension

The Senate briefly convened Thursday and passed a bill extending controversial provisions of the USA Patriot Act just a few hours after the House voted to extend them for one month, five months fewer than the Senate proposed Wednesday night.

Patriot Act's fate remains uncertain

Roving wiretaps and the ability to peek into private medical records are among the provisions of the Patriot Act that will remain intact if the Senate follows the House lead on the bill.

Fortune: House passes 'Cheeseburger Bill'

Americans who blame their obesity on eating too much fast food would be prohibited from suing the food industry for their weight gain if a bill passed Wednesday by the House of Representatives becomes law.

'Cheeseburger bill' puts bite on lawsuits

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill Wednesday that would block lawsuits by people who blame fast-food chains for their obesity.

House, Senate agree on $82 billion war spending bill

House and Senate conferees have agreed to an $82 billion supplemental spending bill for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Eying your ID

Among the aftershocks of September 11, 2001, the discovery that the hijackers had been able to move so freely within the United States, some with expired visas, some using American driver's licenses, has often nagged at lawmakers.

Inside the new spy bill

The 600-page Intelligence-Reform Bill that congress passed last week is the most sweeping overhaul of the U.S. spy community since World War II.

House approves intelligence bill

The House of Representatives passed the intelligence reorganization bill Tuesday, voting 336-75 to enact the changes proposed by the independent commission that investigated the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.

Deal reached on intelligence bill

Congressional negotiators have reached agreement on a bill to overhaul U.S. intelligence agencies, resolving an impasse over the control of data from spy satellites, the chairmen of the House and Senate armed services committees announced Monday.

Frist predicts intelligence compromise this week

Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist predicted Sunday that Congress will have an intelligence overhaul bill by midweek, even though the chairmen of the House and Senate armed services committees want changes in its current version.

Warner airs doubts on intelligence overhaul bill

In what could be a significant blow against an intelligence overhaul bill stalled in Congress, the powerful Republican chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee expressed new doubts Friday about the legislation.

The push for intelligence reform

With a pending intelligence reform bill before Congress, a normally quiet recess on Capitol Hill has turned into a vociferous bipartisan public relations campaign aimed at unblocking the reform bill.

No compromise yet on intelligence bill

An intelligence reorganization bill appeared no closer to passage Sunday than it did on November 20, when objections from Republican committee chairmen led to it being pulled from the floor.

Rumsfeld supports president on intelligence reform

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld gave his backing Tuesday afternoon to the intelligence reform bill that has stalled in Congress.

Bush's help sought on intelligence reform

Two GOP House committee chairmen who helped block an intelligence reform bill defended their actions Monday and insisted they will not relent, despite intensive arm-twisting by the Bush administration and Republican leaders.

GOP lawmakers block intelligence overhaul

A bill aimed at overhauling the nation's intelligence agencies was pulled Saturday because of conservative opposition, on what was supposed to be the last day of Congress' lame-duck session.

Ashcroft details uses of Patriot Act

Seeking to bolster support for the Patriot Act, the Justice Department provided Congress on Tuesday with details of numerous cases in which the anti-terrorism law has been used.

House approves bill to replace members after attack

The House on Thursday approved a long-stalled bill requiring special elections if a catastrophic incident results in a large loss of lawmakers.

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