Senators finalizing a massive immigration bill are arguing over plans to boost visas for high-tech workers, Senate aides and industry officials say, with disputes flaring over how best to punish companies that train workers here only to ship them overseas.
Politics
Evangelicos: A Way Back for the GOP
Before Republicans can win evangélicos over, they have to know who they really are.
Obama, Both Bushes, Clinton and Carter, the ‘World’s Most Exclusive Club,’ to Reunite
On April 25, members of the “world’s most exclusive club” will meet in Dallas for the opening of the George W. Bush Presidential Center at Southern Methodist University
Hillary Clinton Reemerges Amid 2016 Rumors
Clinton’s speech at the Kennedy Center proves she can’t do anything outside the framework of her potential presidential candidacy.
Democrats Now Serve Two Masters: DNC and Organizing for Action
Can the Democratic Party — rarely a smoothly coordinated creature — function when two different outfits in two different cities are trying to run the show?
Bet on Red! Nevada May Legalize Gambling on Federal Elections
Putting money on elections used to be a popular pastime in America. One Silver State lawmaker says it’s time for history to repeat itself.
Watching Kennedy: The Court’s Swing Voter Offers Clues to a Gay-Marriage Ruling
Justice Anthony Kennedy will be at the center of one of the great historic civil rights debates of our lifetimes
Why Republicans Are Saying ‘I Do’ to Gay Marriage
Over the past six months, dozens of leading GOP operatives and politicians have listened to public opinion and decided their 2012 platform is, indeed, “moss-covered”
What Bush Got Right on Iraq — and What Obama Can Learn from It
Before pulling the trigger on Iran, the U.S. should review how Bush nearly drove Saddam Hussein from power without an invasion
Obama in Israel: Running to Stay Put
President Barack Obama heads to Israel, Palestine, and Jordan for the first foreign trip of his second term…
Committee to Save the GOP: Pass Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Become Inclusive to Gays, or Keep Losing
The Republican Party will release a report today that provides the blueprint for how the party must adapt from its 2012 electoral defeat…
Obama’s Aides Bar Corporate Donations, But Other Routes Remain
Obama’s grassroots army, Organizing for Action, refuses unlimited funds from corporations just when Business Forward expands its efforts.
Ron Paul’s Transition from Politician to Pundit
Paul may be better suited to life outside of Congress, where he’s even less bound by political practicalities.