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Is the Tide Turning on Immigration?
The President and a bipartisan group of Senators may agree on immigration reform, but the road to actual compromise could be stormy, and Congress has yet to be heard from.
By Warren Olney • • 51m ListenThe President and a bipartisan group of Senators sound like they might agree on immigration reform, but the road to actual compromise could be long and stormy, and the Congress has yet to be heard from. We hear emerging disagreements over border security, a "path to citizenship" and other issues. Also, the economy unexpectedly shrank in the fourth quarter. On Reporter's Notebook, former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, the NRA's Wayne LaPierre and gun control.
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3 storiesEconomy Unexpectedly Shrank in Fourth Quarter
For the first time since 2009, America's Gross Domestic Product declined in the fourth quarter, "a surprising development that could give hints of the economic challenges to come." That's according to Neil Irwin, columnist at the Washington Post and Economics Editor of the paper's Wonkblog .
Read the story7 minImmigration Reform: The Opening Moves
President Obama whipped up a crowd of supporters yesterday in Las Vegas, commending both Houses of Congress for taking up immigration reform . He laid down what he called " key markers " to guide immigration reform, adding that if Congress fails to move in "a timely fashion" he'll send up his own bill and demand immediate action.
Read the story36 minSenate's First Hearing on Guns since Newton Draws Attention
Before it began to debate gun control this morning, a Senate committee heard from Gabrielle Giffords and her former astronaut husband, Mark Kelly. The former Congresswoman was a gun owner before she was gunned down in a mass shooting in Arizona.
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