Lawmaker News

Ariz. lawmaker seeks to strip illegal immigrants' children of citizenship

By theGrio

3:30 PM on 10/21/2010

PHOENIX (AP) - "This is a battle of epic proportions," Sen. Russell Pearce said during a news conference at the Arizona Capitol. "We've allowed the hijacking of the 14th Amendment."...
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Mayor set to sign DC's gay marriage bill

By theGrio

10:57 AM on 12/18/2009

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Same-sex marriages in the nation's capital will come one step closer when Washington's mayor signs the bill at a public ceremony...
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Obama signs bill regulating tobacco

By theGrio via AP

3:04 PM on 06/22/2009

AP Photo/Ron Edmonds PHILIP ELLIOTT Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama cited his own long struggle to quit the cigarettes he took up as a teenager as he signed the strongest-ever U.S. anti-smoking bill Monday and praised it for providing critically needed protections for future generations. "The...
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AG Holder: New hate crimes law needed

By theGrio via AP

6:34 PM on 06/16/2009

AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta DEVLIN BARRETT Associated Press Writers WASHINGTON (AP) -- Citing recent killings in Arkansas, Kansas and the nation's capital, Attorney General Eric Holder on Tuesday said new hate crimes law were needed to stop what he called "violence masquerading as political activism." The attorney general's call for...
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Minority lawmakers look to close health gaps

By theGrio

4:21 PM on 06/09/2009

BEN EVANS Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- Black, Latino and Asian lawmakers warned Democratic leaders that any U.S. health care overhaul that ignores health gaps between whites and minorities will face stiff opposition. The lawmakers said they would be hard-pressed to support a bill without a new program providing...
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