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  • Republican Immigration Backer Aims to Stop Visa Overstays

    The Senate Judiciary Committee adopted two proposals intended to keep foreign citizens from staying in the U.S. on expired visas, in an effort to build Republican support for a revision of immigration policy.

  • Pritzker Yields Party Role Reversal on Offshore Trusts

    Updated 1 hour, 46 minutes ago

    Republicans defended Mitt Romney against criticism from Democrats that he avoided taxes by keeping money stashed overseas. Those roles are now reversed with the disclosure that President Barack Obama’s pick to run the Commerce Department does the same thing.

  • Obama’s Commerce Pick Got $54 Million from Bahamas Trust

    U.S. Commerce Secretary nominee Penny Pritzker received $54 million last year from an offshore trust in the Bahamas, according to a disclosure report that describes an empire of casinos, hotels, energy companies and family trusts that may be worth more than $2 billion.

  • U.S. House Group to Offer Immigration Plan Next Month

    A bipartisan group of U.S. House members will introduce a comprehensive immigration plan next month that covers 95 percent of the issues they have been negotiating, said Texas Republican John Carter.

  • Immigration Plan Backers Thwart Most Republican Changes

    Supporters of a bipartisan Senate immigration bill prevented major changes to its visa program for high-skilled foreign workers, seeking to preserve a compromise backed by technology companies and labor groups.

  • Immigration Plan Backers Thwart Most Republican Changes

    Supporters of a bipartisan Senate immigration bill prevented major changes to its visa program for high-skilled foreign workers, seeking to preserve a compromise backed by technology companies and labor groups.

  • Senators Reject Most Border Changes to Immigration Plan

    A Senate panel rejected Republicans’ broadest attempts to add stricter border-security rules to a proposed immigration law, while accepting a change seeking a 90 percent apprehension rate along the U.S.-Mexico border.

  • Senators Reject Most Border Changes to Immigration Plan

    A Senate panel rejected Republicans’ broadest attempts to add stricter border-security rules to a proposed immigration law, while accepting a change seeking a 90 percent apprehension rate along the U.S.-Mexico border.

  • Altering Immigration Bill Risks Losing Senators’ Votes

    Democrats and Republicans alike are seeking alterations in the Senate immigration proposal that may imperil the bill as the Judiciary Committee begins considering as many as 300 amendments.

  • Senate Passes Wal-Mart Backed Bill for Taxes on Web Sales

    The U.S. Senate voted to let states require out-of-state Internet retailers and catalog companies to collect sales taxes, a victory for brick-and-mortar businesses that have been lobbying on the proposal for more than a decade.

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