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House Republicans showcased their demands for tighter border security, voting to eliminate the discretion that President Barack Obama wants to use to stop the deportation of young people brought to the U.S. by their undocumented parents.
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A bipartisan House group agreed to start preparing legislation to revise U.S. immigration law and present it “as soon as possible,” said Representative Raul Labrador, one of the lawmakers.
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As the U.S. Senate works to rewrite immigration policy, the House of Representatives is spending floor time on legislation that won’t become law, voting today to repeal President Barack Obama’s 2010 health-care law.
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House Republicans, seeking to insulate themselves from criticism that they would let the U.S. default on its debt, are set to consider a measure to exempt federal payments to creditors from a borrowing-limit cap.
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The House voted to exempt federal payments to creditors from the U.S. debt limit, signaling the start of the latest debate over the nation’s borrowing authority.
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The U.S. posted its widest budget surplus in five years in April as an improving economy swelled tax revenue, easing pressure on lawmakers to lift the nation’s debt ceiling.
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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.
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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.
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Congress should eliminate the “extraordinary complexity” in the U.S. corporate tax code and lower rates without giving companies a net tax cut, said Steny Hoyer, the second-ranking U.S. House Democrat.
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President Barack Obama told lawmakers in February that automatic federal budget cuts would be a “self-inflicted wound” on the U.S. economy.
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