A bipartisan group of about twenty senators are trying to find a solution to the shutdown mess. Senators left a ninety-minute meeting this afternoon optimistic, but acknowledging the plan still needs the imprimatur of both of their senate leaders.…
Continue ReadingThe twenty-four hours leading up to the government shutdown were marked by frantic negotiations and calls for party unity on both sides of the aisle. Each side believed that if they held the line, the other party would take more …
Continue ReadingThe House of Representatives pass a short-term spending bill that will keep the government open until February 16. But Senate Democrats stayed true to their word in opposing the bill. The fate of the continuing resolution, and the continuing …
Continue ReadingSenate Democrats have confirmed that they have the votes to block a House bill that would keep the government open through February 16. According to the latest numbers, thirty-eight Democratic Senators would vote no on the GOP-led bill. Three Republican …
Continue ReadingPresident Trump is reportedly “furious” with Chief of Staff John Kelly for comments Kelly made about the president’s pursuit of a wall along the southern border between the U.S. and Mexico. Kelly, speaking with Democratic lawmakers on Capitol Hill …
Continue ReadingChief of Staff General John Kelly told lawmakers on Capitol Hill yesterday that there would be no wall across the entire southern border between the U.S. and Mexico, and that Mexico would not be paying for a wall. There will …
Continue ReadingHouse conservatives are using their leverage to force Republican leadership to bring an immigration bill to the floor of the House in exchange for their support on a continuing resolution, a short-term spending that will keep the government open past …
Continue ReadingEric Trump, the president’s son, appeared on Fox and Friends this morning to defend his father against charges of racism. “He does not see race. He’s the least racist person I have ever met in my entire life. It’s …
Continue ReadingSouth Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham criticized the current state of the immigration debate taking place on Capitol Hill right now, calling it a “S” show. “This has turned into a “S” show, and we need to get back to being …
Continue ReadingDemocrats are betting that they can win the PR battle over a potential government shutdown this week if a deal on a government spending bill is not reached. Democrats want any potential deal to include a permanent solution to DACA, …
Continue ReadingRepublicans in the House are pressing House Speaker Paul Ryan on an immigration bill that goes well beyond the parameters laid out by the president for what he wants to see in an immigration bill. Republicans and Democrats have been …
Continue ReadingThe Immigrant Tax Inquiry Group (ITIG) is proposing a plan that would call for illegal immigrants to pay a small portion of the money they earn in order to stay in the U.S. The idea was outlined in an …
Continue ReadingDemocratic Congresswoman Jackie Speier of California broke with Democratic leadership last week, expressing willingness to work with President trump and Republicans on funding for a border wall in exchange for a permanent solution for DACA recipients.
“I’m willing to …
Continue ReadingPresident Trump called friends to brag about making controversial statements about immigrants from certain countries, conservative writer Erick Erickson wrote today. Erickson, in a tweet, wrote that he spoke to one of the friends in question and was told that …
Continue ReadingHouse Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi issued a statement yesterday calling on Democrats to support a clean DREAM Act in negotiations with the White House. “The confusion of the last week has clouded the debate, but what is clear is that …
Continue ReadingA New Jersey man was stripped of his citizenship last week on the grounds that he provided a false name to authorities to avoid deportation. The man, Baljinder Singh, has lived in the US for 25 years.
Authorities say that …
Continue ReadingPresident Trump denied the comments attributed to him last night where he called Latin American and African countries “shitholes.” The president wrote in an early morning tweet that that was not the language used by him in an immigration meeting …
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