by Dean DeChiaro | Jul 7, 2015 | Immigration, Politics
WASHINGTON — The surge of Central American children crossing the southern border into the United States that made headlines last summer has abated, but one Republican Senate leader insists the Obama administration is still not aggressive enough in kicking the kids out...
by Dean DeChiaro | Jul 6, 2015 | Politics
WASHINGTON – New election legislation in Congress would force New York to gain federal approval to implement photo identification laws, print bilingual voting materials and even draw fresh district boundaries. The bill was introduced in June and follows on a recent...
by Dean DeChiaro | Jul 2, 2015 | Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON — A voting rights bill introduced in Congress last week would subject Texas elections to new levels of federal scrutiny, but it would not invalidate the state’s controversial 2011 voter photo ID law that helped inspire it. The federal measure is designed to...
by Dean DeChiaro | Jun 25, 2015 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Less than an hour after the Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act health insurance subsidies nationwide, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi said she was “jubilant” over the result while House Speaker John Boehner said that President Barack...
