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Pushing for Immigration Reform from the Right
A coalition of conservatives is on Capitol Hill to lobby Republicans for immigration reform. Can they move enough GOP members to get House leaders to allow a vote?
By Warren Olney • • 51m ListenA coalition of conservatives is on Capitol Hill today to lobby Republicans for immigration reform. They range from the Chamber of Commerce to evangelicals who've been "praying 4 reform," which they say does not mean "amnesty." Can they move enough GOP members to get House leaders to allow a vote on bipartisan measures? Also, Did the White House Approve Spying on ally leaders? On Today's Talking Point, a first-hand account of American Special Forces hunting for warlord Joseph Kony in the jungles of Congo.
Banner image: Republican tax reformer Grover Norquist is among those calling for immigration reform. Photo: Gage Skidmore
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3 storiesDid the White House OK Spying on Ally Leaders?
President Obama has tried to distance himself from American spying on foreign leaders. Now, US intelligence officers are pushing back, claiming the White House and the State Department signed off last summer on the targeting of phone conversations by friendly foreign leaders.
Read the story8 minImmigration Reform: A Push from the Right
A so-called "conservative fly-in" of 600 corporate executives, police chiefs, farmers and evangelicals rallied at the Chamber of Commerce office on Capitol Hill today. They're smaller in number than the crowds of immigration advocates who've appeared on the Washington Mall, but this time some Republicans might be listening.
Read the story35 minUS Troops Aid Effort to Capture African Warlord Joseph Kony
The video Kony 2012 , released last year by a group called "Invisible Children," was viewed 88 million times in its first month.
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