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Obama overreaches on immigrant care

Almost two weeks after Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) upset House decorum by heckling President Barack Obama during a joint session of Congress, a prickly political question remains. Was Wilson reacting to false characterizations about the president’s ...

From GEBE MARTINEZ, The Politico,  22 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Joe Wilson (politician),  White House

Health fight arouses immigration battle

Regardless of how the stormy health care debate ends, the lingering question will be whether the rest of President Barack Obama’s legislative agenda was swept away in the political debris. One priority that has become entangled in the messy health ...

From GEBE MARTINEZ, The Politico,  10 Sep 2009
Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  Barack Obama,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Chuck Schumer,  Senate Judiciary Committee

Why is the GOP slighting Hispanics?

After announcing his vote against Judge Sonia Sotomayor to be the first Hispanic on the United States Supreme Court, Utah Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch sounded sorrowful. “Tell them I’m sorry,” Hatch told a reporter, referring to the Latino community. ...

From GEBE MARTINEZ, The Politico,  4 Aug 2009
Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  Orrin Hatch,  Senate Judiciary Committee,  Sonia Sotomayor,  Edward M. Kennedy

GOP knows Sotomayor is well-suited

Though Sonia Sotomayor is on a glide path to confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court, there are still several Republicans who would like to pull her down, arguing they do not know what kind of a jurist she will be. We will hear them complain next week ...

From GEBE MARTINEZ, The Politico,  24 Jul 2009
Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  Sonia Sotomayor,  Senate Judiciary Committee,  Lindsey Graham,  White House

Sotomayor's Speeches Unnerve Republicans

WASHINGTON -- As the Senate Judiciary Committee began debating today whether Sonia Sotomayor can or should ignore her gender and ethnicity in deciding cases if she is confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court, senators tussled over whether the current white ...

From GEBE MARTINEZ, New America Media,  13 Jul 2009
Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Lindsey Graham,  Senate Judiciary Committee,  George W. Bush

GOP Walks Thin Line in Sotomayor Hearings

Editor’s Note: Sonia Sotomayor is expected to be confirmed as the first Hispanic justice on the Supreme Court. But her confirmation hearings may spell trouble for Republicans, who must engage their conservative base without further alienating Hispanic ...

From GEBE MARTINEZ, New America Media,  13 Jul 2009
Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  Barack Obama,  Sonia Sotomayor,  Senate Judiciary Committee,  Charles Schumer

Franken spurs labor pains for business

Al Franken takes the oath of office in a ceremonial swearing in. Joe Biden is also pictured. Photo: AP Al Franken, the satirist-turned-Democratic-senator from Minnesota, arrived on Capitol Hill this week wearing the union label. It was ...

From GEBE MARTINEZ, The Politico,  9 Jul 2009
Related Topics: Al Franken,  U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Senate,  AFL-CIO,  Joe Biden

Dems face crucial immigration test

After twice postponing a highly anticipated meeting between President Barack Obama and congressional leaders on immigration reform, the White House is under increasing pressure to get legislation done this year. Winning congressional approval of an ...

From GEBE MARTINEZ, The Politico,  17 Jun 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  U.S. Republican Party,  White House,  George W. Bush,  U.S. Senate

Gay partner verbiage could kill reform

Advocates for gays and immigrants are clashing over a proposed immigration bill that would let gay and lesbian Americans sponsor their immigrant “permanent partners” for legal U.S. residency. The chasm inside the immigrant rights community has led the ...

From GEBE MARTINEZ, The Politico,  3 Jun 2009
Related Topics: White House,  Mike Honda,  Barack Obama

Obama strengthens ties with Latinos

Yup! the repbulicans just got PLAYED by Obama big time. The GOP can go after Sonia but the latino community is WATCHING. Puerto Ricans are the most loyal Democratic voters, so they probably will never embrace Conservatism. However, Conservatives need ...

From GEBE MARTINEZ, The Politico,  26 May 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  U.S. Republican Party

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