Craig Bannister
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“President Obama’s call for a $95 billion energy tax hike would thwart the very goals expressed in his State of the Union address,” American Petroleum Institute (API) Pres. Jack Gerard said today.
“America’s oil and natural gas renaissance has done everything on the president’s State of the Union wish list for the middle class,” Gerard said, responding to Obama’s proposed budget.
“Opposition…
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“There is no economic metric by which we are not better off than when I took office,” Pres. Obama declared yesterday. But, actually, there are at least these four. And, they’re pretty important.
In remarks to the House Democratic Issues Conference in Philadelphia, PA, Obama said:
“There is no economic metric by which we are not better off than when I took office. And that is because of the…
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Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) today re-introduced the Keep Our Communities Safe Act (S.291) with Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), David Vitter (R-La.), and Ted Cruz (R-Texas). The legislation would close the legal loophole created by the U.S. Supreme Court in Zadvydas v. Davis case (2001) that requires immigration authorities to release back into the United States any immigrant…
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“Everyone” has a right to a job in the U.S. – even if they’re here illegally - Attorney General nominee Loretta Lynch told a Senate hearing today.
Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) asked Lynch if people legally in the U.S. had more of a right to a job: “Who has more right to a job in this country? A lawful immigrant who's here, or citizen—or a person who entered the country unlawfully?”
Lynch…
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Sen. Chuck Grassely (R-Iowa) today thanked House leaders for shelving the vote on the controversial “border security” bill opposed by both those who defend the border and those who handle immigration cases: border agents and immigration officers.
Thanks to house of Rep not moving ahead w BorderSecurity bill. It wld not secure border. Now House has time to marry that w Judiciary bill
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Global warming-caused flooding “tipping points” are approaching in the U.S., a NOAA study warns as record snowfall descends on states from New York on to the northeast.
“Sunny-day” flooding is already a problem warns the study, “From the extreme to the mean: Acceleration and tipping points of coastal inundation from sea level rise,” by NOAA’s William V. Sweet and Joseph Park.
“Coastal…
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The National Border Patrol Council (NBPC), the union that represents more than 16,500 border patrol agents, opposes the House border security bill (H.R. 399) because it is mere “window dressing” - joining the immigration officers' union, which called the bill "a global joke."
“This legislation speaks about metrics but frankly does not provide either the strategy or the resources necessary to…
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Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) responded to criticism of his “border security” bill today in an exclusive statement to MRCTV.
McCaul’s bill has come under fire from the union representing U.S. immigration officers, which says Americans should be outraged by the bill. “It’s not border security if anyone can recite the magic words and get waved right on in,” Kenneth Palinkas, President of the…
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“We admit individuals who have no business being admitted,” the head of the immigration officers’ union said today, blasting both Pres. Obama’s amnesty and the new border bill.
Kenneth Palinkas, President of the National Citizenship and Immigration Services Council representing 12,000 United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) adjudicators and personnel, says the immigration…
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The number of government entities trying to control the Arctic climate has grown to the point that a new steering committee must be created to coordinate them, Pres. Obama declared in a new executive order establishing the Arctic Executive Steering Committee.
“As the Arctic has changed, the number of Federal working groups created to address the growing strategic importance and accessibility…