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US program aims to get immigrants into court to track cases
January 21, 2016 2:25 PMLOS ANGELES - With tens of thousands of Central American immigrants arriving on the U.S.-Mexico border in the last two years, federal authorities are launching a program to encourage more of them to show up for immigration court. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has hired a contractor to help some... more »
Deal rescinds order preventing Syrian refugee resettlement
January 4, 2016 2:28 PMATLANTA - Georgia's governor has withdrawn an executive order trying to stop resettlement of Syrian refugees after the state's attorney general ruled he didn't have that authority. Gov. Nathan Deal rescinded the order Monday, five days after Attorney General Sam Olens issued an official opinion that the state could not... more »
US agents round up Central Americans slated for deportation
January 4, 2016 2:26 PMSAN ANTONIO - A federal official says immigration agents conducted raids in several states over the weekend and detained 121 adults and children who have been slated for deportation. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said in a statement Monday that those detained in the raids in Georgia, Texas... more »
Lawmakers: Remove Donald Trump's name from NY state park
December 17, 2015 3:04 PMALBANY - Two Democratic New York lawmakers say an undeveloped state park named after Donald Trump should be rechristened because of what they say are discriminatory proposals from the Republican presidential candidate. State Sen. Daniel Squadron and Assemblyman Charles Lavine say they'll push legislation to rename Donald J. Trump State... more »
US looking at ways to better screen would-be immigrants
December 14, 2015 4:15 PMWASHINGTON - The Obama administration is reviewing procedures for vetting would-be immigrants and its policies on accessing social media. The Homeland Security Department says it is reviewing policies on looking at social media posts to vet would-be immigrants applying for certain visas. Certain DHS officials are now allowed... more »
New Orleans mayor slams Trump's remarks about Muslims
December 8, 2015 5:27 PMNEW ORLEANS - New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu has joined other critics in condemning GOP presidential contender Donald Trump's proposal to bar Muslims from entering the United States. In a statement Tuesday, Landrieu said Trump's comments are "absolutely disgraceful." Landrieu says Americans "must reject his poisonous rhetoric, which is reminiscent... more »
Trump calls for 'complete shutdown' on Muslims entering US
December 7, 2015 4:48 PMNEWARK, N.J. - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump says he is calling for a "complete and total shutdown" on Muslims entering the United States. Trump says in a statement released by his campaign Monday that his proposal comes in response to the level of hatred among "large segments of... more »
Thousands of children crossed US-Mexico border in October
November 25, 2015 11:57 AMSAN ANTONIO - U.S. Customs and Border Protection statistics show nearly 5,000 unaccompanied immigrant children were caught illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border in October, almost double the number from October 2014. Immigration experts say the numbers, released Tuesday, show that the flow of immigrants from Central America has remained high... more »
5 Syrian refugees turn themselves in at US-Mexico border
November 22, 2015 3:06 PMLAREDO - Federal officials say another group of Syrian refugees has turned themselves in to immigration authorities along the U.S.-Mexico border. The Department of Homeland Security confirmed Sunday that the group identified themselves to border agents in the South Texas town of Laredo on Friday. The group consisted of a... more »
Administration files immigration appeal with Supreme Court
November 20, 2015 11:18 AMWASHINGTON - The Obama administration is asking the Supreme Court for a speedy decision on its plans to shield from deportation and give work permits to millions of immigrants living in the country illegally. Legal papers filed with the court on Friday call for the court's "immediate review" of the... more »
Syrian refugees in US say yearslong process worth the wait
November 19, 2015 3:13 PMDETROIT - Syrian refugees who have resettled in the United States say the yearslong process is arduous and thorough, but worth the wait for a better life. Nedal Al-Hayk moved to the Detroit suburb of Bloomfield Hills with his wife and two young children seven months ago. They fled fighting... more »
8 Syrian refugees turn themselves in at US-Mexico border
November 19, 2015 3:09 PMSAN ANTONIO - Federal officials say eight Syrians have turned themselves over to immigration authorities along the Texas-Mexico border. The Department of Homeland Security said Thursday that two families - two men, two women and four children - presented themselves Tuesday in Laredo and are being held by U.S. Immigration... more »
Study finds more Mexicans leaving the US than coming
November 19, 2015 12:19 PMSAN DIEGO - A new study finds more Mexicans leaving the United States than coming into the country. That marks a reversal to one of the most significant immigration trends in U.S. history. The Pew Research Center has found that slightly more than 1 million Mexicans and their families left... more »
McConnell may put immigration on agenda amid GOP fight
November 13, 2015 2:07 PMWASHINGTON - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has informed Democrats he may schedule a vote next week on a hard-line immigration bill pushed by Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, a GOP candidate for president. The move could bring debate over immigration to the Senate floor just as it flares on the... more »
Appeals court rules against Obama's immigration action
November 9, 2015 8:33 PMNEW ORLEANS - President Barack Obama's plan to protect from deportation an estimated 5 million people living in the United States illegally has suffered another setback in court. In a 2-1 decision, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans upheld a Texas-based judge's injunction blocking the Obama... more »
Hate crime charge for men who cited Trump's immigrant views
November 6, 2015 12:35 PMBOSTON - Two brothers who claimed to be inspired in part by Donald Trump's views on immigrants have been indicted on hate crime charges for allegedly beating and urinating on a homeless Mexican man. The indictments announced Friday in Boston charge 38-year-old Scott Leader and 30-year-old Steve Leader with civil... more »
White House calls Ryan's immigration remarks 'preposterous'
November 2, 2015 4:38 PMWASHINGTON - Looks like the honeymoon's over for President Barack Obama and new House Speaker Paul Ryan. Just four days after Ryan took the helm in the House, the White House is accusing him of "pandering to the extreme right wing" of his party. White House spokesman Josh Earnest says... more »
White House threatens to veto 'sanctuary cities' bill
October 20, 2015 11:37 AMWASHINGTON - The White House is threatening to veto Senate legislation cracking down on "sanctuary cities" that shield residents from federal immigration authorities. The Senate is holding a procedural vote on the legislation Tuesday. The bill by Louisiana Sen. David Vitter would punish jurisdictions that prohibit the collection of... more »
Demonstrators: Appeals court delaying immigration ruling
October 14, 2015 3:41 PMNEW ORLEANS - Immigration activists are accusing the federal appeals court in New Orleans of delaying a ruling about President Barack Obama's immigration proposal in an effort to prevent it from reaching the U.S. Supreme Court during the current term. At a news conference Thursday, speakers with the Fair... more »
Pope crosses ideological lines in US
September 23, 2015 4:24 PMWASHINGTON - In a single sentence, Pope Francis has shown how he transcends the ideological polarities of U.S. politics. In his address to bishops, the pope spoke out against abortion, an issue close to the heart of Republicans, and against environmental devastation, a surefire applause line for Democrats. He... more »
White House: 'Surprising uptick' in US border crossings
September 21, 2015 3:10 PMWASHINGTON - The White House says there was a "surprising uptick" in the number of unaccompanied minors and families entering the United States illegally last month. Spokesman Josh Earnest said the increase was "concerning." He did not provide a reason for the increase, but noted that it's at odds... more »
Activists say La. immigration task force too narrow-minded Play Video
September 3, 2015 7:36 PMBATON ROUGE - Members of a new immigration task force met Thursday to begin discussing how illegal immigration has impacted Louisiana's economy, but some activists are concerned that they're taking too negative a view on the situation. The task force met Thursday to discuss crunching the numbers and seeing how... more »
Appeals panel hears arguments on Obama immigration action
July 10, 2015 2:07 PMNEW ORLEANS - With hundreds of immigration activists rallying outside, a federal appeals court panel heard arguments on whether it should revive President Barack Obama's plan that could protect 5 million people living in the United States illegally from deportation. Republicans criticized the plan as an illegal executive overreach when... more »
Court won't lift hold on Obama immigration action
May 26, 2015 2:22 PMNEW ORLEANS - A federal appeals court has refused to lift a temporary hold on President Barack Obama's executive action that could shield millions of immigrants from deportation. A 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel issued the 2-1 ruling Tuesday. The U.S. Department of Justice had asked the court... more »
Appeals court hears arguments on Obama immigration action
April 17, 2015 2:28 PMNEW ORLEANS- Federal appeals judges peppered lawyers on both sides with questions in a fight over President Barack Obama's move to shield millions of immigrants from deportation. A 5th Circuit Court of Appeals panel on Friday held a special hearing in a closely watched case that is holding up Obama's... more »
Judge: Sanctions possible in Obama immigration action
March 19, 2015 3:39 PMBROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) - The Justice Department might face sanctions if a federal judge determines its attorneys misled him about whether part of President Barack Obama's executive action on immigration was implemented prior to it being put on hold by the judge. U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen last month halted... more »
Google exec says immigration changes would help economy
March 18, 2015 5:45 PMWASHINGTON - The executive chairman at Google is urging Congress to increase the number of high-skilled work visas made available to foreigners and to deal with other immigration issues later on. Eric Schmidt spoke Wednesday at the American Enterprise Institute. He says he believes the United States is better off... more »
9 arrested in La. as part of nationwide ICE sweep
March 10, 2015 11:13 AMNEW ORLEANS - Immigration authorities said agents recently arrested nine people in Louisiana who were suspected of being in the U. S. illegally as part of a nationwide immigration sweep. Homeland Security said the operation, called "Cross Check," targeted convicted criminals who were illegally in the country during the... more »
Rep. Graves talks immigration, Obamacare and Iran Play Video
March 9, 2015 9:11 AMBATON ROUGE - It has been whirlwind start to 2015 for one of Louisiana's newest congressmen. Rep. Garret Graves (R) has hit the ground running since winning the run-off in the 6th Congressional District. He stopped by 2une In this morning to talk about his experience so far. "In... more »
Some in GOP say DHS funding lapse worth a fight, no big deal
February 27, 2015 2:26 AMWASHINGTON, D.C. - Republican leaders eager to avert a partial government shutdown are getting heat from conservative colleagues who play down the fuss. Numerous House Republicans say it's preferable to let the Homeland Security Department go unfunded for a few days if that's the cost of undoing a White House... more »
Jindal tells GOP Congress to 'grow a spine' on DHS funding
February 26, 2015 5:17 PMOXON HILL, MD - Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal has a message for fellow Republicans who control Congress: "Grow a spine." Jindal spoke critically of his party's leaders in Washington on Thursday during a turn before the annual Conservative Political Action Conference. As he spoke to CPAC, House Republicans were considering... more »
McConnell: Strip immigration issue from Homeland budget bill
February 24, 2015 1:49 PMWASHINGTON - With a partial shutdown looming, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is offering to allow a vote on legislation to fund the Department of Homeland Security - stripped of immigration-related measures that many conservatives have been demanding. The Senate would still vote separately on a proposal to overturn one... more »
US seeks stay of ruling on Obama immigration action
February 23, 2015 11:00 AMHOUSTON - The federal government has filed a notice of appeal of a ruling that temporarily blocked President Barack Obama's executive action on immigration. The three-page notice was filed Monday with U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen in Brownsville, Texas. The appeal will be handled by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court... more »
DOJ to seek stay of ruling on Obama immigration action
February 20, 2015 1:06 PMWASHINGTON - The Justice Department will seek a stay of a federal judge's decision temporarily blocking President Barack Obama's action to protect millions of immigrants from deportation. White House spokesman Josh Earnest says the paperwork will be filed with the court by Monday. Earnest said Friday that the decision to... more »
Guard troops to stay on border
February 20, 2015 2:09 AMMcALLEN, Texas - On the highway that hugs the southern stretch of the Texas-Mexico border, law enforcement is everywhere, patrolling the pavement, pulling over vehicles and even keeping watch from a helicopter over the Rio Grande. Less visible are hundreds of Texas National Guard troops who arrived last summer and... more »
Sen. Cassidy talks immigration, healthcare and more Play Video
February 19, 2015 7:44 AMBATON ROUGE - It's been whirlwind few months for new U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy. At the end of 2014, the then-representative defeated incumbent Democrat Mary Landrieu to earn a spot in the Senate. Now that he's been sworn in, he's in the think of debates over immigration, healthcare and energy.... more »
Cassidy supports Texas Judge against immigration reform
February 18, 2015 8:58 PMBATON ROUGE- U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy agrees with the federal judge in Texas who struck down President Obama's immigration reforms. Cassidy says the President's policies only encourage more illegal immigration. "Literature clearly shows, that when people come here illegally, they both take jobs and depress wages for people who were... more »
Feds stop prep for challenged immigration program
February 17, 2015 12:51 PMWASHINGTON - The Homeland Security Department is ceasing preparations for a program designed to shield millions of immigrants from deportation. That decision comes as a result of Monday's federal court ruling temporarily halting it. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson says his agency will stop working on the program to... more »
House GOP moves toward possible lawsuit on immigration
January 27, 2015 10:58 AMWASHINGTON - House Republicans plan to vote to authorize legal action against President Barack Obama over his executive actions on immigration. House Speaker John Boehner announced the plans in a closed-door meeting with lawmakers on Tuesday. He told them GOP leaders are finalizing plans to authorize litigation to block Obama's... more »
House heads to vote on border security bill
January 22, 2015 3:11 AMWASHINGTON, D.C. - The House will vote next week on a border security bill as Republicans try to show they can chart their own course on immigration - not just oppose President Barack Obama. The bill passed the House Homeland Security Committee late Wednesday on a party-line vote of 18-12.... more »
Republicans try to chart path on immigration moves
January 16, 2015 2:52 AMHERSHEY, PA - Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says he's going to try to push a House-passed bill to overturn President Barack Obama's immigration policies through the Senate. But neither McConnell nor other members of his leadership - and not even senior House Republicans - predict success for the plan that... more »
House votes to overturn protections for young immigrants
January 14, 2015 10:27 AMWASHINGTON - The House has passed legislation to overturn President Barack Obama's immigration actions and remove protections for immigrants brought illegally to the country as children. The measures were part of a $39.7 billion spending bill for the Department of Homeland Security. The vote was 236-191. The legislation faces tough... more »
House takes broad aim at Obama on immigration
January 14, 2015 2:26 AMWASHINGTON, D.C. - House Republicans are advancing sweeping legislation to overturn President Barack Obama's immigration policies and remove protections for immigrants brought illegally to the country as kids. The votes will come Wednesday on legislation to finance the Homeland Security Department through the rest of the budget year. Republicans will... more »
Obama threatens veto on immigration, regulatory bills
January 12, 2015 5:06 PMWASHINGTON - Another week, another round of veto threats from President Barack Obama. The White House says Obama would veto legislation backed by House Republicans that would undo the immigration executive orders the president issued late last year. The GOP wants to include provisions blocking the executive actions in a... more »
GPS used to track some immigrants caught at border
December 24, 2014 2:17 AMWASHINGTON, D.C. - The Homeland Security Department is using GPS-enabled ankle bracelets to keep track of some immigrants caught crossing the border illegally. The pilot program comes months after officials found that 70 percent of immigrant families disappeared after they were released into the U.S. with instructions to report back... more »
Going it alone, Obama rocked the boat in 2014
December 22, 2014 12:47 PMHONOLULU - President Barack Obama rang in 2014 as a "year of action," vowing to strengthen the nation by focusing on fairness, competitiveness and the power of American diplomacy. Since Congress seemed unwilling to help, the president said he'd act alone. On immigration, climate change and U.S.-Cuba relations, at least,... more »
A post-election flurry: Obama tests his powers
December 18, 2014 4:55 PMWASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is using a streak of recent activism to shake up the governing status quo and create a new normal for his successors. Obama has taken aggressive steps on immigration, Internet access, climate change and Cuba. With them, he is laying down a foundation that while... more »
US judge says Obama immigration action invalid
December 16, 2014 3:23 PMWASHINGTON - A federal judge in Pittsburgh is declaring that President Barack Obama's recent executive actions on immigration are unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Arthur Schwab says Obama's order in November designed to spare millions living illegally in the United States from deportation amounts to "unilateral legislative action" in violation of... more »
Vitter to sit on Judiciary committee in US Senate
December 15, 2014 3:28 PMNEW ORLEANS - U.S. Sen. David Vitter says he has been appointed to sit on the U.S. Senate's Judiciary Committee - placing the Republican Louisiana politician in the middle of what likely will become major disagreements in the next Congress: Fights over President Obama's nominee for the attorney general and... more »
Vitter opposing Obama's pick for attorney general
December 10, 2014 6:20 PMBATON ROUGE - U.S. Sen. David Vitter says he'll oppose President Barack Obama's pick for attorney general because of his disapproval of the president's executive actions on immigration. The Republican senator announced Wednesday that he won't support the nomination of Loretta Lynch during the Senate confirmation vote, which is expected... more »
3 states join 17 states fighting immigration order
December 6, 2014 10:24 AMAUSTIN, Texas - Three more states have joined a Texas-led multistate coalition suing over the Obama administration's recently announced executive actions on immigration. The addition of Arizona, Florida and Ohio brings to 20 the number of states fighting the order in a federal district court in Brownsville. Many top Republicans... more »
Multistate coalition sues over immigration order
December 3, 2014 2:27 PMAUSTIN, Texas - Texas is leading a multistate coalition in suing over the Obama administration's recently announced executive actions on immigration. Many top Republicans have denounced the president's unilateral move designed to spare as many as 5 million people living illegally in the United States from deportation. But Texas Gov.-elect... more »
Immigration hardliners push to oppose Obama
December 3, 2014 12:54 PMWASHINGTON - Immigration hardliners in Congress are mounting a challenge to House Republican leaders' plans for legislation to keep the government running. They are insisting that the funding bill include explicit language to block President Barack Obama's move to extend deportation relief to millions here illegally. Sen. Ted Cruz of... more »
Homeland Security chief faces GOP critics on immigration
December 2, 2014 2:31 PMWASHINGTON- The House will vote this week to go on record as disapproving President Barack Obama's executive actions to curb deportations for millions of immigrants here illegally. Speaker John Boehner announced the plans in a closed-door meeting with House Republicans Tuesday morning, along with plans to vote next week on... more »
Obama's immigration move disappoints businesses
November 26, 2014 2:31 AMWASHINGTON, D.C. - President Barack Obama's executive actions on immigration have left out some of the business community's top priorities. That's disappointing executives who might have stepped up to defend the policies in face of Republican attacks. Months of lobbying by high-tech businesses failed to persuade the administration to make... more »
Obama defends moves on immigration
November 23, 2014 10:29 AMHENDERSON, Nev. - President Barack Obama is dismissing criticism that he overstepped his authority by acting unilaterally to shield millions of immigrants from the threat of deportation. Obama says in an interview broadcast nationally Sunday that presidents use "prosecutorial discretion" all the time. He says it was important to prioritize... more »
5,000 illegals in BR could get reprieve under president's plan
November 21, 2014 6:46 PMBATON ROUGE - The city has an estimated 10,000 undocumented immigrants; half could qualify to stay under plans announced by the president Thursday. President Barack Obama's executive action on immigration allows those living in the U.S. illegally to remain in the states risk-free if they register, pay taxes and... more »
Landrieu splits with Obama on immigration action
November 21, 2014 4:05 PMBATON ROUGE - Democratic U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu said she disagrees with President Barack Obama's actions on immigration, hoping the latest controversy doesn't worsen her campaign difficulties. By executive order, Obama extended legal protection to keep nearly 5 million people living in the U.S. illegally from deportation. Landrieu said while... more »
Boehner: 'We will not stand idle' on immigration
November 21, 2014 10:13 AMWASHINGTON - House Speaker John Boehner says President Barack Obama is "damaging the presidency itself" with his unilateral action on immigration and says the House will not stand idle and let it happen. But the Ohio Republican offers no hint of what steps the House might take to block Obama's... more »
Locals split on Obama's immigration changes Play Video
November 20, 2014 4:27 PMBATON ROUGE - People around Baton Rouge have mixed feelings about President Obama's expected changes to immigration policy. Legal immigrants we spoke with say the new policy gives them and their family members hope. "It's a great opportunity. Everyone is waiting for that, and it's been so long... more »
Obama to announce immigration steps
November 20, 2014 10:28 AMWASHINGTON - The steps being announced tonight by President Barack Obama on immigration could mark the start of one of the fiercest partisan confrontations of his presidency. His measures could make as many as 5 million people eligible for work permits, shielding them from deportation. But none would have a... more »
Obama to announce immigration plans Thursday
November 19, 2014 12:14 PMWASHINGTON - People familiar with White House planning say President Barack Obama will announce on Thursday executive action on immigration that will sidestep Congress and shield potentially millions of immigrants illegally in the United States from deportation. The administration is considering steps that would provide work permits for up to... more »
Sources: Executive order to affect millions
November 13, 2014 3:22 PMWASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is poised to unveil a series of executive actions on immigration that will shield possibly around 5 million immigrants living in the country illegally from deportation, according to advocates in touch with the White House. The estimate includes extending deportation protections to parents of U.S.... more »
Incoming GOP Senate chairman plans border bill
November 10, 2014 12:36 PMWASHINGTON - The incoming chairman of the Senate's homeland security committee says he will aim to pass a border security bill once a new GOP-controlled Congress convenes in January. Republican Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin says his legislation would include a guest worker program to reduce incentives for illegal... more »
La. leaders meet as Ebola and immigration loom Play Video
October 16, 2014 6:36 PMBATON ROUGE - Lawmakers and local leaders met Thursday to discuss solutions to hot button issues affecting Louisiana On the agenda was immigration along the U.S. - Mexico border and Ebola. After three hours of discussion, though, no hard and fast solutions materialized. Lawmakers say the border issue... more »
US: Most new immigrant families fail to report
September 26, 2014 3:07 AMWASHINGTON, D.C. - For nearly three months this summer, the Obama administration carefully avoided answering questions about what happened to thousands of immigrant families caught illegally crossing the Mexican border. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson and others would say only that they faced deportation. It turns out that tens of... more »
Lawmakers call for action on released fugitive
September 23, 2014 6:03 PMBATON ROUGE - A group of Louisiana state legislators sent a letter to Governor Bobby Jindal recently, asking him to act "forcefully" after a fugitive from Mexico who was recently from released from East Baton Rouge Parish Prison due to a clerical error. Bernardo Gomez, who authorities said has... more »
Obama chief of staff pledges action on immigration
September 11, 2014 2:51 PMWASHINGTON - The White House chief of staff is assuring frustrated Latino lawmakers that President Barack Obama will take executive action by the end of the year to address the nation's flawed immigration system, and do as much as he can under the law. Chief of staff Denis McDonough met... more »
Obama to delay immigration action
September 6, 2014 11:57 AMWASHINGTON - White House officials say President Barack Obama has decided to delay any executive action on immigration until after the November congressional elections. The officials say Obama believes taking steps on his own during the midterm campaign would politicize the issue and hurt future efforts to pass a broad... more »
First National Guard troops at Texas-Mexico border
August 14, 2014 6:19 PMHIDALGO, TX - The first wave of National Guard troops has taken up observation posts along the Texas-Mexico border. Texas National Guard Master Sgt. Ken Walker of the Joint Counterdrug Task Force says "several dozen" soldiers deployed in the Rio Grande Valley are part of the up to 1,000 troops... more »
Report: White House didn't OK immigrant releases
August 13, 2014 2:56 AMWASHINGTON, D.C. - An internal Homeland Security Department report says immigration officials decided on their own, strictly for budget reasons, to release more than 2,000 immigrants facing deportation in 2013. Without consulting then-Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano or the White House, the agency ultimately freed 2,228 people. The lack of... more »
Jindal goes to Mexico border for firsthand look
August 4, 2014 7:09 AMBATON ROUGE - Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal visited Texas' border with Mexico to get a closer look at the nation's immigration crisis. The Republican governor and likely 2016 presidential candidate is getting a helicopter view of the area Monday, taking a boat tour up the Rio Grande River and speaking... more »
Obama: GOP not even trying to solve immigration
August 1, 2014 2:11 PMWASHINGTON - President Barack Obama says House Republicans are trying to pass the most extreme and unworkable version of an immigration bill even though they know the bill isn't going anywhere. Republicans are pushing legislation that could clear the way for eventual deportation of more than 500,000 immigrants brought here... more »
Jindal wants details on immigrant children in La.
July 31, 2014 2:24 PMBATON ROUGE - Gov. Bobby Jindal is blasting President Barack Obama's administration for providing few details to Louisiana officials about the more than 1,000 unaccompanied immigrant children who have been released to sponsors here. The Republican governor sent a letter Thursday to the president, saying placement of the children in... more »
Senate reprieve for highly contested border bill
July 30, 2014 11:14 AMWASHINGTON - A bill to deal with the immigration crisis on the U.S.-Mexico border has won a temporary reprieve in the Senate. Senators voted 63-33 Wednesday to advance the $3.5 billion emergency spending bill over a procedural hurdle. But with Congress adjourning for the summer within days and Republicans opposed,... more »
Senate likely to come up short on border bill Play Video
July 30, 2014 3:22 AMWASHINGTON, D.C. - A bill to deal with the immigration surge at the border appears headed for procedural defeat in the Senate. It comes as lawmakers trade blame over their inaction, just a few days before Congress' five-week summer recess. Senate Democrats' $3.5 billion emergency spending bill is designed to... more »
House to vote on slimmed-down bill for border
July 29, 2014 9:24 AMWASHINGTON, D.C. - House Republicans are heading toward a vote Thursday on a slimmed-down bill to address the immigration crisis on the border by sending in National Guard troops and speeding unaccompanied migrant youths back to Central America. The bill will cost $659 million through the end of this fiscal... more »
Central American leaders talk border crisis at the White House
July 25, 2014 3:20 AMWASHINGTON, D.C. - President Barack Obama is summoning Central American leaders to the White House to discuss the influx of young immigrants from their countries to the U.S. He's hoping to show presidential action even as Congress remains deeply split over proposals to stem the crisis on the border. Obama... more »
Central American leaders seek solution in US
July 24, 2014 11:05 AMWASHINGTON - The presidents of Honduras and Guatemala are meeting with lawmakers on Capitol Hill amid a stalemate over the immigration crisis on the U.S.-Mexico border. Before meeting privately with House Democrats, President Otto Pérez Molina of Guatemala expressed hope of finding a solution to benefit all the countries involved.... more »
House, Senate in stalemate over border crisis
July 23, 2014 2:49 AMWASHINGTON, D.C. - Senate Democrats and House Republicans are moving separately to slash President Barack Obama's $3.7 billion emergency spending request for the southern border, but they're unlikely to end up with a deal that could pass both chambers. A Senate bill being unveiled Wednesday would allocate $2.7 billion for... more »
Lawmakers face long to-do list before break
July 22, 2014 2:43 AMWASHINGTON, D.C. - A gridlocked Congress failed to do the big things, such as overhauling the nation's immigration system, reforming the tax code and stiffening background checks on gun buyers. Now it's time to see whether it can just do the basics. Only two weeks remain before lawmakers' annual August... more »
Vitter discusses his solution to the U.S. border crisis Play Video
July 21, 2014 9:17 AMBATON ROUGE - Tensions at the U.S.-Mexico border are high as wave after wave of illegal migrant children spill over into the United States. U.S. Senator and gubernatorial candidate David Vitter (R-Louisiana) stopped by 2une In this morning to talk about his bill he says is the solution to the... more »
Migration spotlights Mexican 'coyote' smugglers
July 21, 2014 2:11 AMTECUN UMAN, Guatemala - Human smuggling is a high-risk, often high-yield business, with migrants in Latin America paying $5,000-$10,000 each for the long, illegal journey in the care of smugglers. Smugglers, known as "coyotes," say they must pay off officials, gangs operating on trains and drug cartels controlling the routes... more »
Senate chairman warns against border policy change
July 17, 2014 9:42 AMWASHINGTON, D.C. - The chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee says it's not acceptable to change U.S. policy to speed Central American kids home faster from the border without court hearings. Sen. Robert Menendez is a New Jersey Democrat. Menendez says the change would take due process rights away... more »
Immigration now a top problem for US, per poll
July 16, 2014 10:50 AMNEW YORK - One in six people now call immigration the most pressing problem facing the U.S., according to a new Gallup poll. That's up sharply since June, when just 5 percent said immigration topped their list of concerns. The issue has gained prominence as a surge in unaccompanied minors... more »
Bill would speed removals of Central American kids
July 14, 2014 12:50 PMWASHINGTON - Two Texas lawmakers are teaming up on a bill to speed removals of the unaccompanied Central American kids who've been arriving by the tens of thousands at the U.S.-Mexico border. The legislation by Sen. John Cornyn, a Republican, and Rep. Henry Cuellar (KWAY'-yar), a Democrat, would allow Border... more »
Possible compromise emerges on border request
July 10, 2014 12:37 PMWASHINGTON - Outlines of a possible compromise over President Barack Obama's $3.7 billion emergency border spending request are emerging on Capitol Hill. They involve making policy changes to allow the minors streaming to the border from Central America to be sent home more quickly. The top House and Senate Republicans... more »
Obama: Congress can act now to fix border crisis
July 9, 2014 6:18 PMDALLAS - President Barack Obama says Congress has the ability to act immediately to address the wave of unaccompanied minors coming over the border from Mexico into the U.S. Obama spoke in Dallas after meeting Wednesday with Gov. Rick Perry and other officials about the unaccompanied minors entering the country... more »
Boehner non-committal on Obama immigration plan
July 9, 2014 10:21 AMWASHINGTON - House Speaker John Boehner is criticizing President Barack Obama's plan to cope with a tide of minors from Central America who are illegally crossing the U.S. border. But the Ohio Republican also is being noncommittal on whether the House would vote to approve the president's request. Boehner tells... more »
Obama heads to Texas with no plans to visit border Play Video
July 9, 2014 5:15 AMTEXAS - The humanitarian crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border is increasingly becoming a political liability for President Barack Obama, giving Republicans a fresh opportunity to question his administration's competence and complicating the debate over the nation's fractured immigration laws. Still, Obama is resisting calls to visit the border during his... more »
Obama seeks $3.7 billion to deal with border kids
July 8, 2014 10:35 AMWASHINGTON - The Associated Press has learned that President Barack Obama is asking Congress for $3.8 billion to confront the influx of minors from Central America. The figure also includes extra money for fighting wildfires in the West. The White House says the money would help increase the detention, care... more »
Obama asks for more money to deal with border crisis
July 8, 2014 6:00 AMWASHINGTON, D.C. - President Barack Obama is preparing to ask Congress for emergency spending of more than $2 billion to deal with the crisis of unaccompanied kids at the Southern border, but for now he won't seek legal changes to send the children back home more quickly. That decision comes... more »
Obama backs off border policy changes
July 7, 2014 5:15 PMWASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is holding off for now on seeking new legal authority to send unaccompanied migrant kids back home faster. The approach is a change from what the White House has signaled and follows criticism from immigration advocates who said the administration's planned approach was too harsh.... more »
California city is again immigration flashpoint
July 4, 2014 3:44 PMMURRIETA, Calif. - Demonstrators on both sides of the immigration debate have again gathered outside a U.S. Border Patrol station in Southern California. It's the spot where demonstrators earlier this week forced the Border Patrol to turn back the buses that were bringing some immigrants for processing, after removing them... more »
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Examiner: Fidrych suffocated to death
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NORTHBOROUGH, Mass. -- Former All-Star pitcher Mark Fidrych suffocated after his clothes became entangled with a spinning part on the truck he was working on, Massachusetts authorities said Thursday.
The state medical examiner's office ruled the death an accident, according to a release from the Worcester District Attorney's office.
A friend found Fidrych, 54, beneath a 10-wheel dump truck on Monday at his Northborough farm.
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The official name of this gene is "FIP1 like 1 (S. cerevisiae)."
FIP1L1 is the gene's official symbol. The FIP1L1 gene is also known by other names, listed below.
The FIP1L1 gene provides instructions for making part of a protein complex named cleavage and polyadenylation specificity factor (CPSF). This complex of proteins plays an important role in processing molecules called messenger RNAs (mRNAs), which serve as the genetic blueprints for making proteins. The CPSF protein complex helps add a string of the RNA building block adenine to the mRNA, creating a polyadenine tail or poly(A) tail. The poly(A) tail is important for stability of the mRNA and for protein production from the blueprint.
A deletion of genetic material from chromosome 4 brings together part of the FIP1L1 gene and part of another gene called PDGFRA, creating the FIP1L1-PDGFRA fusion gene. This mutation is a somatic mutation, which means it is acquired during a person's lifetime and is present only in certain cells. This fusion gene causes PDGFRA-associated chronic eosinophilic leukemia, which is a type of blood cell cancer characterized by an increased number of eosinophils, a type of white blood cell involved in allergic reactions.
The FIP1L1-PDGFRA protein produced from the fusion gene has the function of the normal PDGFRA protein, which stimulates signaling pathways inside the cell that control many important cellular processes, such as cell growth and division (proliferation) and cell survival. Unlike the normal PDGFRA protein, however, the FIP1L1-PDGFRA protein is constantly turned on (constitutively activated), which means the cells are always receiving signals to proliferate. When the FIP1L1-PDGFRA fusion gene occurs in blood cell precursors, the growth of eosinophils (and occasionally other blood cells) is poorly controlled, leading to PDGFRA-associated chronic eosinophilic leukemia. It is unclear why eosinophils are preferentially affected by this genetic change.
Cytogenetic Location: 4q12
Molecular Location on chromosome 4: base pairs 53,377,646 to 53,462,611
The FIP1L1 gene is located on the long (q) arm of chromosome 4 at position 12.
More precisely, the FIP1L1 gene is located from base pair 53,377,646 to base pair 53,462,611 on chromosome 4.
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Top San Francisco restaurants facing exposure over health surcharge
GGRA Executive Director Rob Black has maintained that the OLSE figures don't accurately reflect whether businesses are in compliance because the reporting requirements are confusing. GGRA held a compliance workshop on April 17, and Black told us about 40 restaurateurs attended.
"It was very informative and we got really good feedback from the restaurants," Black told us. "We had people saying, 'knowing what I know now, we should redo my 2011 form because I did it wrong."
Black was initially critical of Herrera's focus on the restaurant industry, but told us last week, "He made a commitment that the process would be efficient and fair, and he's lived up to that so far....I still believe that the majority [of violators] didn't have a mal-intent...Many people on the list that was reported have done nothing wrong."
Cheesecake Factory — which was seventh on last year's OLSE list, allegedly taking in $159,242 more in surcharges than it spent on employee health care — insists that it is in compliance and expects the City Attorney's Office to confirm that.
"We believe the City Attorney's initial review was erroneous," Richard J. Frings, the company's vice president of compensation and benefits, told us. "We are in full compliance with HCSO. Our healthcare costs in San Francisco have far exceeded the surcharge that we have collected. Once the City Attorney's office has an opportunity to review our filings, we believe this matter will be closed without any further action." He refused to provide figures to support the assertions.
Most of the restaurants that have been accused of stiffing employees use health savings accounts, which health officials say is a far worse option than private health insurance or the city's Healthy San Francisco plan, which was created in conjunction with HCSO. Federal law bars cities from prescribing how health benefits are delivered.
San Francisco's restaurant industry has always been hostile to the HCSO's employer mandate, with the Golden Gate Restaurant Association unsuccessfully challenging the law all the way to the US Supreme Court. Controversy then erupted in 2011 with revelations (first in the Wall Street Journal, followed up by local media outlets) that some of the city's most high-profile restaurants were shirking their responsibilities even as they charged diners 3 percent to 5 percent surcharges, sometimes essentially pocketing that money at the end of each year.
That verges on consumer fraud, but District Attorney George Gascon has refused to investigate, telling the Guardian and other papers that he was deferring to the OLSE and the City Attorney's Office.
In 2011, a progressive-led majority on the Board of Supervisors passed legislation authored by Sup. David Campos to require that businesses keep the money they are required to spend on employee healthcare — which is currently $2.33 per employee-hour for large companies or $1.55 per employee-hours for businesses with less than 100 employees — for employees to use as needed.
But under aggressive lobbying by the GGRA and San Francisco Chamber of Commerce — which asserted the right of business owners to raid these funds, calling the set-aside a multi-million-dollar annual loss to the local economy — Mayor Ed Lee vetoed the measure. He later signed watered-down legislation requiring the money be set aside for two years, setting standards for letting employees know how to access the funds, and explicitly calling for all customer surcharges to remain in escrow accounts.
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This creamy, delectable dip is a chocolate lover's dream. You'll want to sample it with a variety of dippers, including strawberries, banana chunks and cake cubes. Jane Shapton of Irvine, California sent the recipe.
- 1-1/2 cups sugar
- 1-1/4 cups water
- 1/4 cup light corn syrup
- 1 cup baking cocoa
- 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
- 5 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped
- Strawberries, banana chunks, apple slices or angel food cake cubes
- 1. In a small saucepan, bring the sugar, water and corn syrup to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 20 minutes, stirring frequently.
- 2. In a small bowl, combine the cocoa, cream and half of the syrup mixture until smooth; return to the pan. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 5 minutes. Stir in chopped chocolate until melted. Serve warm with fruit or cake for dipping. Refrigerate leftovers. Yield: 2-1/2 cups.
Nutritional Facts
2 tablespoons fondue (calculated without fruit or cake cubes) equals 138 calories, 5 g fat (3 g saturated fat), 8 mg cholesterol, 7 mg sodium, 25 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 1 g protein.
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Dec. 30, 2012
Recap | Box Score | Photo Gallery | AP Gallery
Team Notes
- Virginia improved to 10-3 overall with the win.
- Virginia improved to 2-0 all-time vs. Wofford and 25-5 all-time vs. Southern Conference opponents.
- Wofford's 17 first-half points marked the sixth time this season the Cavaliers held their opponent under 20 points in a half.
- The Cavaliers shot a season-high 63.8 percent (30-47) from the field, including a season-best 70.8 percent in the second half.
- Virginia held its opponent under 40 points for the third time this season (seventh time in the Bennett era and the 10th time in the shot clock era)
- The Cavaliers are 6-0 when holding opponents under 50 points and 23-1 when holding opponents under 50 during the Tony Bennett era.
- Virginia is 8-1 when scoring 60 or more points.
Player Notes
- Joe Harris (15 pts) and Akil Mitchell (15 pts) each reached double figures for the 11th time this season.
Player Career Highs
- Mike Tobey had a career-high 19 points on 9-10 shooting from the field.
- Tobey grabbed a career-high six rebounds.
- Tobey played a career-high 27 minutes.
- Doug Browman handed out a career-high six assists.
- Browman played a career-high 23 minutes.
- Evan Nolte had a career-high six rebounds.
- Teven Jones had a career-best two three-point field goals.
- Akil Mitchell tied a career high with four steals.
Virginia Head Coach Tony Bennett:
On the team's intensity and effort during today's game after the ODU game:
"This team, I've watched them closely. They beat Xavier on the road and the game before that they won on the road by about 45. They are a team that I thought would really test our ability on defense to sustain or be continuous with chase and screens because they have real good shooting. Cochran had a rough shooting game, but I thought Doug [Browman] gave us a good lift. I knew we'd have to really work defensively whether it was single screens or double screens, and be in a stance and that is what I was pleased with. We were there in the catch and didn't give them too many uncontested shots. I thought that made the difference on the defensive end."
On Mike Tobey's offense and Doug Browman's defense:
"Doug defensively did [a great job] and even a couple times offensively, he handled the ball and created some shots. Obviously, you could see that Wofford was small, and I thought we took advantage of the mismatches and Mike showed his soft touch. He really has a nice touch and it's just a matter of time as his strength comes and his experience. He'll get better, but he can score and he has some skills. He hit a three and showed you some perimeter stuff."
On Doug Browman's playing time:
"I thought Doug [Browman] practiced well and we were very concerned with Cochran. They've been down in games. They get down 18 or 20 and they've made some unbelievable comebacks. Cochran will score in bunches and we thought, at times I've been going with Taylor [Barnette], but Doug [Browman] practiced well and he brings the experience of a senior that knows our system. We thought we needed that and so that's why he got more time and was very effective out there."
On Darion Atkins' playing time:
"He's been battling a bit of a shin issue and it just flared up on him this week in practice, even after the days off. He was struggling with that before the last game against Old Dominion and we'll get it looked at and hopefully, it's nothing too serious."
Virginia Senior Guard Doug Browman:
On his role:
"It's just really good to get out there and get some minutes with the guys. To get the chance to get in there and be effective is really a blessing. The coaches always tell me to stay ready just in case, because we don't really know what's happening with Jontel. So, they always tell me to stay prepared and mentally engaged."
On his minutes today:
"I really didn't expect to play that many minutes today. But like I said I'm always ready to go in. I knew I might have a significant role today, just knowing their players and how they play."
On the win:
"It helped us a lot, especially after a tough loss against ODU. It helped our confidence to get a win against a good team in Wofford, and it really helped us going forward. We have a tough challenge next Sunday."
Virginia Freshman Forward/Center Mike Tobey:
On the game:
"I came to the game trying to play hard and trying to win a game. But the most important thing the coach emphasized was that this is a good team and we just needed to come out ready to play."
On following the loss to ODU:
"We definitely should not have lost that game. It wasn't a good way to go into our little winter break, and it was definitely important for us to bounce back today. I think we did a good job with that."
On learning under Akil Mitchell:
"Akil is a great leader. He's a great mentor for me. He's been through the system for two years now, and he is really good at working with us young guys and keeping our heads up."
Wofford Head Coach Mike Young:
On Mike Tobey:
"He hasn't played a lot, but our scouting report had him at good 15-feet and in, moves well. I thought we could put him into some ball screens but my stars, he showed great hands, but he was really impressive. We knew he was a good player, but we were more concerned with [Akil] Mitchell and [Darion] Atkins in the post than we were Tobey, but he had an excellent game, let's be honest."
On Doug Browman:
"He took Cochran out of the game. We really had a hard time getting Cochrane into some things. Browman really managed the game from his spot. He has a great understanding of his role. He's not going to turn it over, ran his team and guarded people. Something tells me that Tony [Bennett] is going to find a place for someone like that."
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I was just blocked because i wasnt replying to someone's msgs... what??? i am seriously confused... i mean honestly? What is wrong with people???
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No, Marco Rubio does not support SOPA
The internet makes sharing information quick and easy, but sometimes it also facilitates the spread of misinformation. Such is the case withHR 3261, the Stop Internet Piracy Act ("SOPA").
Let me take a quick moment and point out that I do not support SOPA. Erick Erickson wrote a post last week that lays out some of the main problems with the bill, but the short story is that it gives too much power to a government agency without proper safeguards to protect free speech.
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Vincent Canby, Prolific Film and Theater Critic for The Times, Is Dead at 76
By JANET MASLIN
Published: October 16, 2000
Vincent Canby, whose lively wit and sophisticated tastes illuminated film and theater reviews in The New York Times for more than 35 years, died yesterday at the Columbia-Presbyterian Center in Manhattan. He was 76 and lived in New York.
The cause was cancer.
In an era of entertainment as a pervasive, ever-changing feature of American life, Mr. Canby was the ubiquitous, anonymous man in the aisle seat, taking it all in tonight for a million readers tomorrow: the latest Hollywood blockbuster at a multiplex, a subtle cinematic bijou at Cannes, a glittering new Broadway musical or the magical first night of a young star in New Haven.
As senior film critic for The Times from 1969 to 1993 (he began reviewing films for the paper in 1965) and then as a theater critic, Mr. Canby delivered trenchant insights, sober judgments and wry humor in reviews for the daily paper and in longer analysis pieces for Arts & Leisure on Sunday.
His writing was often an entertainment itself: conversational prose that conveyed a bracing disdain for sentiment, a clear eye for meretricious art, rapier cuts for pretentious fools and fine-tuned praise for artistry, all in a monologue -- and sometimes in an invented dialogue with a character he dubbed Stanley. His scholarship and cultural perspective were never flaunted but were as solid as his journalism.
Mr. Canby's film work -- thousands of articles and essays that made up the bulk of his criticism -- was a virtual catalog of the cinematic arts in its most robust era, from the French New Wave and the rise of American independent cinema to the big-budget Hollywood blockbuster and the advent of videocassette recorders and 25-screen theaters.
Along the way, he championed the work of a diverse group of filmmakers, including Spike Lee, Jane Campion, Mike Leigh, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Woody Allen, Ismail Merchant and James Ivory, as well as many of the actors who appeared in their films.
Later in his career he brought the same wide range of appreciation to theater criticism, praising the plays of Horton Foote, David Mamet and Sam Shepard while deploring the overamplification of the voices of singers and actors and criticizing other magnified stage effects. He also opposed a tendency of the theater to make itself more like film.
A trim, courtly man with a warmly mischievous grin, Mr. Canby, who was also a playwright and novelist, worked as a reporter and critic for the show business journal Variety for six years before joining The Times in 1965. In his daily reviews and in the analysis articles he wrote for Arts & Leisure in his 35 years at the newspaper, Mr. Canby displayed a deft, lucid style.
In a 1992 review of ''Howards End,'' for example, he wrote: ''It's time for legislation decreeing that no one be allowed to make a screen adaptation of any quality whatsoever if Ismail Merchant, James Ivory and Ruth Prawer Jhabvala are available, and if they elect to do the job. Trespassers should be prosecuted, possibly condemned, sentenced to watch 'Adam Bede' on 'Masterpiece Theater' for five to seven years.''
Mr. Canby's reviews often provided perspective. When Steven Spielberg's ''E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial'' appeared in 1982, Mr. Canby noted that the film ''freely recycles elements from all sorts of earlier children's works, including 'Peter Pan' and 'The Wizard of Oz.' ''
He added: ''Dorothy has become E.T., Kansas is outer space, and Oz is a modern, middle-class real-estate development in California.''
''If you are what you eat, then one of the sharks in 'Jaws' is a beer can, half a mackerel and a Louisiana license plate,'' he wrote in 1975. ''Another is a pretty young woman, a cylinder of oxygen, a small boy, a scoutmaster and still more. The other characters in the film are nowhere nearly so fully packed.''
His reviews, while trenchant, were never gratuitously harsh, and that made his condemnations all the more telling. After the disastrous 1980 ''Heaven's Gate'' was shortened and rereleased the following year, he wrote that the abbreviated version ''looks like a fat man who's been on a crash diet.''
''Though it's thinner,'' he continued, ''it's not appreciably different.''
He wrote with particular eloquence about the profession to which he was fiercely devoted. In 1979 he described ''the basic difference between the critic and the member of the public who attends movies on a more or less casual basis, wanting to be (as furious letter-writers say so often) 'entertained.' ''
''After a certain length of time spent watching films,'' he explained, ''the critic can no longer be entertained by simply sitting back and allowing the movie to roll over him like a tank made out of feathers. He wants to assume an active role. That's his entertainment.''
In the same column he further explained: ''My colleagues and I might as well admit it publicly: there is a difference between people who write about movies and members of the public for whom we write. It isn't thought to be good form to say so. We're supposed to pretend that we're like everyone else, just folks, except that we get into theaters free and the members of the public have to stand in line, pay through the nose and then sometimes sit so close to the screen, and so far to one side, that the actors look like walking sticks.


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"These candidates are smart and realize that 2006 was a wave election, and it is highly unlikely Democrats will get back-to-back cycles like that," he said. Whatever troubles the Republicans have had this year and last, they can no longer be blamed for what Congress has or, more to the point, has not done. The Democrats are in charge now and, apparently, the voters do not like the job they've been doing.
The Democratic Congress' job-approval score has sunk to 23 percent, down 8 points since April. Other polls give them even lower marks. A Rasmussen survey found that "just 19 percent of American voters believe Congress is doing a good or excellent job."
Notably, among Democratic voters, only 24 percent say Congress is doing a good job -- down from 35 percent who said that a month ago.
The latest election strategy being implemented by the Republicans and the White House is aimed at re-energizing the party's base, which has been eroded by deepening divisions over the war, immigration and runaway spending.
In the past two weeks, however, Republicans have been mounting an effective counteroffensive against the Democrats that has had GOP allies cheering. House Democrats have been forced to retreat in the face of a furious assault by Republican leaders on wasteful, pork-barrel spending, an issue that angered the GOP's conservative base in 2006. President Bush, abandoning his distaste for vetoing spending bills, now plans to veto a string of them in the coming weeks if Democrats insist on higher-spending levels that exceed his budget proposals.
None of this suggests that Republicans do not face huge obstacles in the coming months in their attempts to win back alienated segments of the electorate. But Rothenberg finds that "for the first time in months, there may be a crack or two starting to show in the Democrats' position" in the coming elections. Those cracks appear to be widening in more than a dozen narrowly won districts where Democrats are vulnerable to a GOP upset.
"In order to win back the majority, we don't have to conquer new territory. We just need to reclaim old territory," Spain said.
Donald Lambro is chief political correspondent for The Washington Times.
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not a mowing topic, but wanted everyone's opinion about what phones they were using. I currently have a blackberry and love it, but have considered the iphone. So what do you guys have and what features do you get the most out of in our field of work? Apps?
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I use a android. Use the square app to charge customers. Got paid by a guy who wanted his rental property mowed here in town but he lives in Florida. Works well for me. I am slowing transitioning to credit or debit card only transactions. Dealing with cash and checks stinks in my opinion. Going to by a ipad when they get some more in and use it for my service agreements and try to go as paperless as possible.
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I'm in the market for a new phone and I will be upgrading at the end of this month. I always just wanted a regular good working phone, one that I can hear clear on and sound clear on. I'm now looking at getting a BlackBerry phone. Ive looked at all of the different phones out there and they are cool. But from the reviews I read what seems to be a common problem is, the phones are great at texting and web, but when it comes down to working good as an actual phone, well that's when the trouble starts.
I'm not the type to text or surf the web on a phone, I can see how that can be useful, but I need a phone to work as a phone, one that is clear. My brother in law has the I Phone and although its a neat phone with all the bells and whistles, you can't hear him worth a crap and he can't hear you most times, and he drops calls all the time. He lives in Miami not Bum F*&^, so he should get great reception.
If you read the reviews you will find out that most of the smart phones are weak and flimsy and are easily broken, have poor phone quality, are buggy, meaning they freeze up and the apps don't work properly. SOOOOOOOOOO what good is a phone that has those type problems? Now from what I read about the BlackBerry is, the phone call quality is excellent, the antenna is strong so very few if any dropped calls. People can actually hear you when talking and you can hear them, they are durable and they function very well.
So in my opinion from reading hundreds of reviews on different websites, I would say if you have the need for a good phone that you can hear people on and they can hear you on, and you need a phone that is durable and has good reception etc, then the BlackBerry is the way to go, especially for business.
Now if you want to look cool, have a large screen for surfing the web and sound quality or call quality is not as important as text and email and surfing the web, then I'm sure the I phone or some other smart phone will work.
This is my opinion and I have nothing to back this up other than reviews that I have read and personal experience with my BIL I Phone.
Needless to say I'm looking at a BlackBerry Bold 9780 for me.
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Dave, you and I are on the same paige, lol I actually found a "stick phone" one that doesn't flip or slide open. Its just a straight forward phone from Motorola, I thought finally here is a simple, basic work phone....it only got 2 stars on Sprint's web site. My Daughter laughed, actually made fun of me for wanting a "stick phone",lol
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On our own as of 2003. Proud to be a full time, legitimate company.
Equipment we use:
Ford trucks
Pro Line and GatorMade trailer's
Gravely, Exmark, Honda and Snapper mower's
Echo trimmer's and blower's
LittleWonder equipment
BillyGoat equipment
New Holland and Dresser loader's (snow removal)
Fisher snow plow's
DownEaster and Fisher salt spreader's
TurboTurf fertilizer tank
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Wilson, NC
Have no experience with an iPhone other than using an ipod touch for a few years. Have lots of experience with BlackBerry and fair amount with Android phone.
Here is my take. If you want a good phone for email and a little web go BlackBerry. By far best at email and phone calls with the way it manages contacts and dialing. Android is still good at email and calls just not as convenient. It does do many other things the BlackBerry doesn't do so well like browse the web and many apps.
Now if you want to be real conservative, have a plain ole' cell phone and buy an ipod touch. You will only have data around wifi hot spots but you get the features of an iphone without the monthly data cost!
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I have the Blackberry 8530 (I think is the model) and its great. Very easy to use, has all the apps I need. It syncs to my 3 emails much easier than my girlfriends droid. I'm not a fan of touch screens; I like the BB keyboard a lot. It's also very durable. I've dropped it countless times, gotten it a little wet and very dusty. The key is to get an otterbox case.
Also, I just downloaded Blackberry Protect which saves all the info on your phone at scheduled times (texts, contacts, calender, notes, etc.) You can download it all onto a new device and track your phone if you lose it or gets stolen. The BB website will show its gps location or make it ring very loudly. You can also lock it or wipe all the info from it, my favorite feature. The app is also made by the BB company so its more trustworthy and reputable than
3rd party apps.
You can write and send invoices and estimates with the iphone. It also automatically syncs with your home computer. So everything you write up in the field is ready to go at home. The other phones probably do this as well.
I love my blackberry. It sinks with my email, calender, client lists, outlook and everything I need in the field.
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