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Senator Ted Cruz said allowing a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants will not move the immigration bill forward.

Analysis: On immigration bill, it’s Republican versus Republican

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It's up to the Republicans.  Whether a comprehensive immigration reform bill will reach President Obama's desk this year boils down to one fundamental thing - … Read More

Senator Ted Cruz responded to comments made by former New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson.

Senator Cruz: no interest in “mudslinging” over whether he is a Hispanic politician

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Texas Republican Senator Ted Cruz said to Fox News' Neil Cavuto he had no interest in getting into any sort of "mudslinging battle" over remarks made by former … Read More

The immigration bill drafted by the Senate Gang of Eight (some Senators in front row) will be debated starting Thursday.

On immigration, advocates readying for “big battle ahead”

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The bipartisan Senate "Gang of Eight" members are bracing for a "battle," says a Congressional aide familiar with negotiations, as the Senate Judiciary … Read More

Texas Republican Senator Ted Cruz has been attracting plenty of attention lately.

Former New Mexico Governor: Ted Cruz not a “Hispanic” politician

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Texas Republican Senator Ted Cruz, who has raised the hackles of Democrats and establishment Republicans for his outspoken stance against gun control, the … Read More

Texas Republican Senator Ted Cruz said fellow Republicans were yelling at him in closed-door meetings over the issue of gun control.

Ted Cruz throws fellow GOP Senators under the bus

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One of the "Lone Star State" Senators has no problem being a  "lone" Senator when it comes to breaking with Senate tradition and "telling" on his fellow … Read More

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano believes the proposed immigration bill would make the country safer.

Republican Senators grill Napolitano on immigration bill and safety

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Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano squared off to Senators who grilled her on whether provisions in the new Senate immigration reform proposal would … Read More

Florida Republican Senator Marco Rubio on NBC's Meet the Press. (Courtesy William B Plowman, NBC)

Senator Marco Rubio: “What we have in place is horrible”; makes case for immigration bill

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Clearly gearing up for what will be an impassioned and tough immigration reform discussion in Congress, Florida Republican Senator Marco Rubio spoke to host … Read More

Senate Judiciary Committee member, freshman Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas uses a life size photo of a Remington 750, a popular hunting rifle, to make a point about the proposed ban on certain kinds of guns, during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on what lawmakers should do to curb gun violence on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Rubio, Cruz pledge to oppose, filibuster gun control legislation

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Republican Senators Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio are threatening to use the practice of filibustering - talking for hours on the Senate floor so that a bill either … Read More

The Senate Gang of Eight's proposed immigration bill has spun hundreds of amendments.

Gang of Eight will meet immigration timeline, says aide

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WASHINGTON, D.C. -A day after a key Senate committee chairman criticized bipartisan negotiators working on an immigration bill for being too slow, a Senate aide … Read More

Raising the economy, argue some, is better for the economy since higher wages mean more spending.

Opinion: Raise the minimum wage

By Raul A. Reyes

Last week, Iowa Democratic Senator Tom Harkin proposed raising the minimum wage, just three weeks after President Obama called for increasing it to $9 an hour … Read More