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Elena Kagan Confirmation Debate Starts in the Senate
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyWith the results all but certain, senators are beginning a largely academic debate Tuesday on whether to confirm Elena Kagan to become the next justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. The road to this stage of the process has been mostly smooth for Kagan, who was approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee, 13 to 6, earlier this month with the support of South Carolina Republican Lindsey Graham. But her hearings were not completely without controversy, as top Republicans blasted her lack of judicial experience, while conservatives focused on her role in limiting military recruiters' access to ...
Elena Kagan Approved by Senate Judiciary Committee; Lindsey Graham Votes Yes
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyThe Senate Judiciary Committee approved Solicitor General Elena Kagan's nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday by a vote of 13-6. All 12 Democrats on the committee supported Kagan, as did Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.). Six Republicans voted against her nomination. "There's plenty of reasons for a conservative to vote no, but there's also one very good reason for a conservative to vote yes, and that's found in the Constitution," Graham said before the vote, explaining that while he disagrees with Kagan's politics, he feels the Constitution gives the president the right to choose his own ...
Michael Steele: Right About Obama and the Afghanistan War?
By David Corn - Politics DailyMichael Steele was right when he called Afghanistan Obama's war. Well, sort of. But what got him in hot water was committing one of Washington's greatest sins: saying what he really thinks. From the moment Steele became chief of the Republican Party, he has been under fire for screw-ups and misstatements. Republicans insiders have consistently derided him -- with one calling him a "buffoon." He recently was snared in a brazen act of hypocrisy. Steele has even appeared almost to relish the controversies (except maybe the West Hollywood Bondage Strip Joint Caper). But his most recent misstep ...
Lindsey Graham Addresses Rumors: 'I Ain't Gay'
By not in system - AOL News(July 1) -- Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) has denied rumors circulated by anti-immigration activists in South Carolina that he is a homosexual, telling The New York Times unequivocally that he is not. ...
Obama on Immigration Reform: 'Political Will' May Be Lacking This Year
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyThe boomlet for action this year on immigration reform could be dying down. President Obama said Wednesday night that "there may not be an appetite immediately to dive into another controversial issue." And Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says an energy bill will take precedence on the crowded Senate calendar. Demands for fast federal action to establish an orderly process for allowing workers into this country while also securing the border with Mexico grew after Arizona enacted a harsh law authorizing police to stop and question individuals suspected of being in the U.S. illegally. Reid, ...
Arizona Anti-Immigration Law Blasted by Sen. Robert Menendez
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyU.S. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) usually keeps a relatively low profile on immigration issues. Even though he is the Senate's only Latino member, he typically focuses on his role as the Democrats' top Senate fundraiser, or on New Jersey issues. But Menendez came out swinging at a press conference on Wednesday to protest the immigration bill signed into law last week in Arizona. "This is a slide back on the rights of each and every American," Menendez said. "Arizona has become 'a show me your papers' state. I read the Arizona law, and it's just replete with the type of broad descriptions ...
Opinion: Immigration Reform -- Welcome the Job Creators
By not in system - AOL News(April 26) -- With Arizona poised to impose the toughest immigration laws in the land and right-wing radio hosts calling for snipers at the border, President Barack Obama says it's time to take another crack at comprehensive immigration reform. His call to renew the immigration debate no doubt leaves many Americans thinking, "Here we go again," exhausted as we all are from the national brawl over health care reform. Goodbye, public option; hello, amnesty? But there lies a path to immigration reform that could both transform an outdated system and win the speedy approval of most Americans. ...
Immigration Decision Endangers Climate Change Bill
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyThe decision by Arizona's Gov. Jan Brewer to sign a tough immigration bill for her state has endangered unrelated, but highly anticipated, climate change legislation, which has now been put on hold by its sponsors on Capitol Hill. Sen. Lindsey Graham, the lead Republican sponsor of the climate bill, sent a letter Saturday to supporters of the measure threatening to abandon the effort without assurances from President Obama that climate change, and not immigration reform, will be his highest legislative priority. Following Graham's announcement, the bill's Democratic sponsor, Sen. John ...
Thousands Pack National Mall to Demand Immigration Reform
By Ria Misra - Politics DailyWhile lawmakers fiercely debated health care reform before a historic vote in the Capitol on Sunday, thousands of people rallied on the National Mall outside to demand that Washington put immigration reform on the front burner. Entire families turned out, including young children and parents with strollers. Others came with church, school, or community activist groups. As the crowd marched past the Capitol at the end of the rally, they were joined by several drummers and a marching band. Many demonstrators also held hand-lettered signs and chanted "Si, se puede" (Yes, we can) and "Obama, ...
Immigration Reform Revived in Bipartisan Bill
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyTwo influential senators, a Democrat and Republican, have revived immigration reform with the blessing of the White House. Sens. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) want to require U.S. citizens and legal immigrants to carry tamper-proof biometric Social Security cards that employers could swipe through a verification checker to make certain a prospective worker can be hired legally. Those already in the country illegally "would be required to admit they broke the law and to pay their debt to society by performing community service and paying fines and back taxes," the ...
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