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• Immigration reform bill survives first hurdle, passes Senate committee
  
  
  
  
• Immigration bill clears hurdle with 13-5 approval by Senate committee
  A sweeping bill to overhaul the nation's immigration system cleared its first major hurdle late Tuesday night, with the 18-member committee charged with completing a first round of legislative edits voting to advance the amended bill to the full Senate.  The vote in the Senate Judiciary Committee was 13-5.  Three Republicans - Sens. Jeff Flake of Arizona, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Orrin...
  
  
  
• Leahy withholds amendment to include LGBT couples in immigration reform
  Acknowledging that it would jeopardize the passage of a sweeping immigration reform bill, a top ally of LGBT rights advocates will not call for a committee vote on an amendment that would include the spouses of LGBT individuals with the same standing as heterosexual couples in immigration law. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy announced "with a heavy heart" that he would withhold h...
  
  
  
• Ex-manager doubts IRS on Tea Party scandal
  
  
  
  
• With high-tech visa compromise, immigration reform proponents win GOP ally
  With a final committee vote on a comprehensive immigration reform bill finally in sight, proponents of immigration reform won the support of a key Republican panel member after hammering out a bipartisan compromise dealing with visas for high-skilled foreign workers.Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah, long considered a Republican swing vote on the 18-member Senate Judiciary Committee, announced Tuesday nigh...
  
  
  
• IRS official to invoke Fifth Amendment at hearing
  A top IRS official scheduled to testify Wednesday before the House Oversight committee has notified Congress that she will invoke the Fifth Amendment and refuse to answer questions.Lois Lerner, head of the IRS unit which handled tax exempt organizations, won't answer questions about what she knows about the improper screening of conservative groups or about why she repeatedly failed to tell Congre...
  
  
  
• Hatch says he'll vote immigration overhaul out of committee
  Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch, long considered a swing vote on immigration in the Senate Judiciary Committee, just said that he will vote the bill out of committee.He added that he could still oppose the legislation on the Senate floor if further changes are not made.His support comes after he and Gang of Eight negotiator Chuck Schumer hammered out a compromise relaxing some restrictions on how comp...
  
  
  
• Durbin sharply criticizes Cruz immigration amendment
  
  
  
  
• Reid: We'll 'do everything we can to help Oklahoma'
  
  
  
  
• A new disaster sparks an old debate on federal aid
  The Oklahoma tornadoes that killed at least 24 people Monday have restarted the debate in Washington over emergency spending and whether it should be offset by cuts elsewhere in the  federal budget. It’s an ongoing battle for dollars that most recently flared in the wake of Hurricane Sandy last fall and resulted in a highly public and angry spat between New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and his fello...