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      <title>Immigration Legislation Markup, Day 5, Part 3</title>
      <description>Senate Judiciary Committee Members met for the fifth day of markup on the immigration reform bill, the Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act.</description>
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      <title>Immigration Legislation Markup, Day 5, Part 1</title>
      <description>Senate Judiciary Committee Members met for the fifth day of markup on the immigration reform bill, the Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act.</description>
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      <description>Senate Judiciary Committee Members met for the fifth day of markup on the immigration reform bill, the Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act.</description>
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      <description>Senate Judiciary Committee Members met for the fourth day of markup on the immigration reform bill, the Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act. Members worked on the immigrant visa title portion of the bill.</description>
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      <description>Senate Judiciary Committee Members met for the fourth day of markup on the immigration reform bill, the Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act, Members worked on the immigrant visa title portion of the bill.</description>
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      <description>The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee held a nominations hearing for five National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) members, including Mark Gaston Pearce for NLRB chair. Much of the hearing related to the constitutionality of President Obama's recessa ppointment of three of the nominees.</description>
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      <description>Senate Judiciary Committee Members met for the third day of markup on the immigration reform bill, the Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act, They considered amendments to Title 4, non-immigrant visa programs, and Title 3, the enforcement of immigration laws within U.S. borders.</description>
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      <description>The Senate passed the Water Resources Development bill, as amended, by a vote of 83 to 14. Members also considered two nominations: William Orrick to be a U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of California, and Marilyn Tavenner to be administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.</description>
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      <description>The Senate Judiciary Committee met to mark up the Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act, S. 744, focusing on reforming the rules for highly skilled and educated foreign workers.</description>
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      <description>The Senate Judiciary Committee met to mark up the Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act, S. 744.</description>
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      <description>The Senate Judiciary Committee met to mark up the Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act, S. 744.
This portion contains the opening statements by the senators.</description>
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      <description>The Senate Judiciary Committee met to mark up the Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act, S. 744.</description>
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      <description>The Senate convened for a period of morning business and then resumed consideration of S. 601, the water resources development bill. The Senate also considered two judicial nominations.</description>
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      <description>Senators John McCain (R-AZ) and Chuck Schumer (D-NY) talked about their joint immigration bill with reporters at a "Monitor Breakfast" held by the [Christian Science Monitor] at the St. Regis Hotel. Among their comments they said they and the six other members of the "Gang of Eight" senators working on the legislation would be open to amendments to address national security following the Boston Marathon bombings.</description>
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      <description>Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano testified in the third of a series of Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on comprehensive immigration reform legislation. In her testimony she said she supported the bill, highlighting a number of provisions in the proposal that she considered positive. Regarding the portion of the bill that includes more than $1 billion for a fence along the U.S.-Mexico border she said she preferred more flexibility for other options She also answered several questions about the previous week Boston Marathon bombings.</description>
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      <description>Agriculture and labor interest representatives testified at the second in a series of Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on immigration reform.*Topics included worker visas, border security, and undocumented workers.</description>
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      <description>Witnesses testified at the second in a series of Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on immigration reform. Among the topics they addressed were the experiences of undocumented or unauthorized residents, proposals to create a "pathway to citizenship," and the potential impact of implementing the DREAM Act.</description>
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      <description>Witnesses testified at the second in a series of Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on immigration reform.*Among the topics they addressed were border security, law enforcement operations, and potential benefits to the economy of current immigration reform proposals. They also talked about the public debate over links between immigration and terrorist attacks, such as a recent bombing event at the Boston Marathon.</description>
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      <description>The "Gang of Eight," a bipartisan group of senators working on immigration reform, spoke to reporters about their proposal for immigration legislation. Hearings on their proposal were scheduled to begin the following day.</description>
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      <title>Senate Session, Part 2</title>
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      <description>Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and others briefed reporters on the status of S. 649, the gun legislation he submitted the previous week.</description>
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      <description>The Senate convened and resumed consideration of S.649, the Safe Communities, Safe Schools Act of 2013.</description>
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      <description>After meeting with the president, Senators Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and John McCain (R-AZ) spoke to reporters outside the White House about immigration reform proposals in the Senate.</description>
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      <description>The Senate Finance Committee held a hearing on the nomination of Marilyn Tavenner to be the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. She was introduced by Representative Eric Cantor (R-VA) and Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Mark Warner (D-VA).</description>
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      <description>Senators Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC), members of the "Gang of Eight," talked about progress on an immigration bill during remote appearances on the Sunday talk shows.
Senator Schumer talked from New York City to Chuck Todd on NBC's "Meet the Press."
Senator Graham talked from Clemson, S.C. to Candy Crowley on CNN's "State of the Union."</description>
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      <description>Executives of American Airlines and U.S. Airways as well as anti-trust and consumer advocates testified on the proposed merger between the two airlines. Chair Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Ranking Member Mike Lee (R-UT) wanted a thorough review of past mergers and their impact on prices, service, and fees.</description>
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      <description>The Senate continued debate on a continuing resolution to fund the government through the remainder of fiscal year 2013.</description>
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      <description>The Senate Judiciary Committee continued to mark up gun control legislation. The committee passed the assault weapon ban bill out of committee, moving it to the Senate floor. Committee members also considered two judicial nominations, Kenneth John Gonzales to be U.S. District Judge for the District of New Mexico, and Jane Kelly to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit.</description>
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      <description>Senate Democratic Leaders spoke to reporters and answered questions on budget proposals for fiscal year 2014. They also spoke about the House Republican budget, which cleared the House Budget Committee on a party-line vote.</description>
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      <description>The Senate Banking Committee held a hearing on the nominations of Mary Jo White to become chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). and Richard Cordray to continue leading the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.</description>
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      <description>The Senate Judiciary Committee debated measures on gun control, including an assault weapons ban bill offered by California Senator Dianne Feinstein (D). Other measures scheduled for consideration were bills on background checks and school safety, including S.150, Assault Weapons Ban of 2013; S.54, Stop Illegal Trafficking in Firearms Act of 2013; S.374, Protecting Responsible Gun Sellers Act of 2013; and S.146, School Safety Enhancements Act of 2013.</description>
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      <description>The Senate convened for a period of morning business. Thereafter, members proceeded to executive session to consider the nominations of Richard Taranto of Maryland to be United States Circuit Judge for the Federal Circuit, and Andrew Gordon of Nevada to be United States District Judge for the District of Nevada.</description>
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      <description>The Senate Judiciary Committee passed a bill on gun trafficking largely along party lines. The legislation would toughen penalties for those who buy guns for people who cannot legally own them. The Committee also began debate on an assault weapons ban bill offered by California Senator Dianne Feinstein. That measure was not expected to get any support from committee Republicans. Other measures scheduled for consideration included bills on background checks and school safety.</description>
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      <description>The Senate convened and resumed consideration of the nomination of Caitlin Halligan to be United States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit. The Senate rejected cloture. At approximately 11:45 a.m. (offset time of 1 hour, 17 minutes) Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) began a filibuster of the confirmation of John Brennan as director of the Central Intelligence Agency.</description>
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      <description>The Senate convened for a legislative session.</description>
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      <description>Senate Democratic leaders spoke to reporters about the sequester budget cuts scheduled to take effect the following day.*"Sequestration," a legal procedure in which every federal agency has the same percentage of its budget cut in order to take back deficit spending, was agreed to in the Budget Control Act of 2011 and scheduled to happen on March 1, 2013.</description>
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      <description>The Senate convened for a period of morning business. The Senate also confirmed the nomination of Jack Lew as secretary of the treasury on a vote of 71 to 26.</description>
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The first 15 minutes of the hearing were devoted to executive committee business.</description>
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      <description>The Senate Finance Committee held a hearing on White House Chief of Staff Jack Lew's nomination as secretary of the treasury. Mr. Lew answered questions on tax reform, sequestration budget cuts, his knowledge about the terrorist attacks on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya. In his testimony he said that he saw no conflicts of interest from his Cayman Island investment while serving as Citigroup's chief operating officer.</description>
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      <description>Senators Harry Reid (D-NV), Dick Durbin (D-IL), and Chuck Schumer (D-NY) spoke to reporters about the need for immigration reform. They have set a goal of passing an immigration bill through the Senate by late spring or summer, paving the way for House passage before the end of the year. Senator Durbin said a bipartisan group of senators was making progress on some of the toughest immigration issues.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:53:57 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>Advocates for and against stricter gun-control laws testified at a hearing on gun violence prevention. The hearing was held in part in reaction to the December 2012 elementary school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut. Former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who was shot in the head by a gunman at a 2011 event in her district, gave a brief statement at the opening of the hearing, urging Congress to come to a solution to prevent gun violence.</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 15:09:26 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>Senators Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and John McCain (R-AZ) discussed the immigration reform proposal they and six other senators presented earlier in the week. They talked about the process they had been using, some of the issues that could stall the bill as it was being written, the necessity of immigration reform, and the Republican Party's relationship with Hispanic voters, among other topics.
At the beginning of the program Manu Ragu talked about his Politico story about the immigration reform proposal from the "Gang of Eight" bipartisan senators, who later said that they prefer a name such as "Group of Eight."</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 19:16:17 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>A bipartisan group of senators spoke to reporters about their immigration reform proposal which sought to improve border security, improve immigration status checks performed by employers, and streamline the process for future immigrants entering the United States. It would also open a path to citizenship for the 11 million illegal immigrants currently living in the country.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 19:36:12 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>The Senate passed a bill for relief for the victims of Hurricane Sandy.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 19:00:27 GMT</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 16:06:05 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>Senate Democratic leaders spoke to reporters about the House vote on its bill to suspend the debt ceiling. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) commended Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) for his leadership and for defusing a fight over linking the debt ceiling to debt and deficit reduction talks.</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 17:43:15 GMT</pubDate>
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