
Republicans from the House and Senate are discussing ways to get a DHS funding bill, passed in the House last month, up for consideration by the Senate. So far, they say, Democrats have blocked their efforts.
by Caroline May11 Feb 2015, 2:13 PM PST0

The members of the new House Freedom Caucus are sending a message to senators: They ought to vote on a House-passed DHS funding bill.
by Caroline May11 Feb 2015, 11:50 AM PST0

House Republicans insist they’ve already passed a bill to fund DHS and defund President Obama’s amnesty. They insist it’s up the the Senate to move forward on that bill.
by Caroline May11 Feb 2015, 10:06 AM PST0

House Speaker John Boehner has an earthy message for Senate Democrats. He wants to know “when they are going to get off their ass and do something other than to vote ‘no!'” on a DHS funding bill that passed the House last month.
by Caroline May11 Feb 2015, 8:00 AM PST0

For every job that’s been created in the U.S. in the 21st Century, the country has allowed two immigrants (legal or illegal) to enter, a new report from the Center for Immigration Studies finds.
by Caroline May10 Feb 2015, 9:02 PM PST0

Sen. Jeff Sessions is angry over a just-reported Obama Administration program that would allow illegal aliens to bring their children to the U.S. from Central America as well.
by Caroline May10 Feb 2015, 12:37 PM PST0

The leader of the Senate says his body cannot move on a DHS funding bill, so the next step would be up to the House.
by Caroline May10 Feb 2015, 12:08 PM PST0

DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson is calling on Congress to give him what he wants: An appropriations bill that doesn’t defund President Obama’s executive amnesty.
by Caroline May10 Feb 2015, 11:38 AM PST0

The Obama administration is making it easier for certain South and Central American children to come to the U.S. It’s extended the president’s executive amnesty to include children of those allowed to stay here despite having come illegally.
by Caroline May10 Feb 2015, 9:02 AM PST0

Sen. Bernie Sanders won’t be on hand when Israel’s prime minister speaks to a joint session of Congress next month.
by Caroline May9 Feb 2015, 12:57 PM PST0

Forget income inequality for one night. Top Democrat lawmakers are happy to walk the red carpet at the Grammy Awards.
by Caroline May9 Feb 2015, 10:33 AM PST0

Even as lawmakers try to roll back President Obama’s executive amnesty, the Department of Homeland Security is explaining how individual illegals can inquire about executive amnesty or register complaints.
by Caroline May9 Feb 2015, 8:05 AM PST0

Federal government statistics show that, since 2007, foreign-born workers have experienced a net increase in employment, while native-born Americans have experienced a net loss.
by Caroline May6 Feb 2015, 11:11 AM PST0

The Congressional Black Caucus is blasting Sen. Rand Paul over his opposition to Loretta Lynch, President Obama’s nominee to be Attorney General.
by Caroline May6 Feb 2015, 7:26 AM PST0

Democrats won’t “boycott,” but might not attend, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to a joint session of Congress.
by Caroline May5 Feb 2015, 10:47 AM PST0

House Speaker John Boehner again called on Senate Democrats who have expressed opposition to Obama’s executive amnesty to follow through and vote to allow legislation blocking the executive actions proceed to debate.
by Caroline May5 Feb 2015, 9:56 AM PST0

Pope Francis will speak to a joint session of Congress in September.
by Caroline May5 Feb 2015, 9:09 AM PST0

Ohio’s Secretary of State warns the White House that executive amnesty could allow non-citizens to vote in American elections. At least 17 voted in that state in 2012.
by Caroline May5 Feb 2015, 7:51 AM PST0

Sen. John Cornyn says he’ll join Sen. Jeff Sessions and vote against Loretta Lynch for Attorney General.
by Caroline May4 Feb 2015, 1:18 PM PST0

The “Cool kids” have weighed in via U.S. mail — sending Sen. Elizabeth Warren a letter asking her to run for president in 2016.
by Caroline May4 Feb 2015, 11:20 AM PST0

The Obama administration has released a video, created by the Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices, warning employers against requesting more paperwork from particular Salvadorans with Temporary Protected Status.
by Caroline May4 Feb 2015, 10:06 AM PST0

Illegal aliens granted amnesty will be able to apply for tax credits from years they worked illegally, the IRS commissioner tell Senators.
by Caroline May4 Feb 2015, 9:33 AM PST0

Se. Jeff Sessions takes President Obama’s budget director to task over the president’s proposal, which seeks to boost taxes, spending and the budget deficit.
by Caroline May4 Feb 2015, 7:27 AM PST0

An ABC News report accuses the leader of the Democrats in the Senate of pressing immigration officials to fast-track investor visas.
by Caroline May3 Feb 2015, 2:15 PM PST0

House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is taking Republicans to task for using the Department of Homeland Security appropriations bill to block Obama’s executive amnesty, arguing that the effort puts the nation’s security at risk.
by Caroline May3 Feb 2015, 1:17 PM PST0