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First reported May 16 2013 - Updated 18 hours ago - 2 reports

This Is The Anti-Immigrant Movement Right-Wing Media Are Amplifying

Blog ››› 33 minutes ago ››› SOLANGE UWIMANABy all accounts, the Heritage Foundation study that would have been the conservative media's cudgel to defeat comprehensive immigration reform a second time is all but rotting in the ground, buried under accusations ... [Published Media Matters for America - May 16 2013]

Entities: Immigration, Pat Buchanan, John Tanton, Hispanics, Right Wing

First reported 21 hours ago - Updated 21 hours ago - 1 reports

The Company Memo: Friday, May 17, 2013

On Capitol Hill, Congress looks for answers in the IRS controversy, as outgoing acting IRS Chief Steve Miller testifies. President Obama is moving to clean up the mess by appointing a new acting IRS chief.The president heads to Baltimore, Maryland to ... [Published Newsvine - 21 hours ago]

Entities: Jack Jacobs, American Action Forum, Jared Bernstein

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Conservative Analysis: Immigration Reform Would Save Billions Over The Next Decade

There are reasons beyond gut feelings or voter demographics for lawmakers to pass immigration reform. It could help the nation's economy, according to a new analysis.If Congress passes the immigration reform bill introduced by the “Gang of Eight,” it ... [Published Huffington Post - May 15 2013]

Entities: Immigration Reform, American Action Forum, Immigration

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Promoting America’s Entrepreneurial Spirit

In today’s markup, the Judiciary Committee unanimously approved two amendments to reinforce the entrepreneurial spirit that has reinforce the country’s entrepreneurial spirit. Leahy2, which permanently authorized the EB-5 program, and Whitehouse1, which ... [Published U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy - May 16 2013]

Entities: Entrepreneurial Spirit, Immigration Reform, Acceleration, Immigration

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

IRS Internal Revenue Service

The Politics Of Scandal

For most of his Presidency, President Obama has managed to avoid the one thing that most recent Presidents have been able to avoid, the political scandal. There have been attempts by Republicans to tie the Administration down on one issue or another, ... [Published Outside The Beltway | OTB - May 15 2013]

Entities: IRS Internal Revenue Service, Barack Obama, Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Benghazi

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Darrell Issa

Businesses fear being blindsided by regs

The Obama administration’s failure to release its legally required regulatory agenda has business groups worried that they could be blindsided by costly new federal rules.Federal regulators are required to release a Unified Agenda in the spring and fall ... [Published The Hill - May 14 2013]

Entities: Darrell Issa, Liz Gasster, American Action Forum, Jim Jordan

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 1 reports

John Birch Society

Jennifer Rubin Is Never Satisfied: Grover Norquist Is Her "Distinguished Pol Of The Week"

at 7:50pmGrover NorquistJennifer Rubin writes in her "Right Turn" column in the Washington Post:... But this week the standout was the team of pro-immigration conservatives who not only carried their case to the public, but also spoke out against one ... [Published VDare - May 13 2013]

Entities: Grover Norquist, Jennifer Rubin, Doug Holtz, John Birch Society, American Action Forum

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 2 reports

Group of conservatives backs action on immigration

WASHINGTON -- More than two dozen conservative leaders have signed on to a statement supporting action to overhaul the nation's immigration laws and calling legislation pending in the Senate an "important starting point."In a statement being released ... [Published Miami Herald - May 09 2013]

Entities: Immigration, Marco Rubio, Fred Malek, Ralph Reed, American Action Forum

First reported May 06 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 3 reports

Heritage?s Flawed Immigration Analysis

In the Washington Post today, Jim DeMint and Robert Rector of the Heritage Foundation invoke the free-market pantheon in arguing their anti-immigration stance: “The economist Milton Friedman warned that the United States cannot have open borders and an ... [Published Cato Institute - May 07 2013]

Entities: Immigration, Milton Friedman, Robert Rector, United States

First reported May 06 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 8 reports

Immigration Cost Study: Statistically Sound or Biased?

U.S. Border Patrol ranch liaison John "Cody" Jackson (R) rides with cattle rancher Dan Bell on Bell's ZZ Cattle Ranch along the U.S.-Mexico border fence on March 8, 2013 in Nogales, Ariz. (John Moore/)A new study on the cost of immigration reform is being ... [Published ABC News - May 07 2013]

Entities: Immigration, John Cody, United States Border Patrol, John Moore, Jim DeMint

First reported May 05 2013 - Updated May 06 2013 - 3 reports

US NATIONAL Full Page New jobs and energy gains helping lift US economy

WASHINGTON - A stronger-than-presumed April rebound in job creation and recent dramatic discoveries of vast U.S. oil and gas reserves are helping to lift the American economy out its lengthly funk.The economic good news is additionally drawing attention ... [Published The Oregon Herald - May 05 2013]

Entities: US National, Alan Tonelson, Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Manufacturing

First reported Apr 19 2013 - Updated Apr 20 2013 - 3 reports

Boston bombing suspects affect tone of immigr...

WASHINGTON — The foreignborn brothers accused in the deadly Boston Marathon bombing loomed over the immigration debate here Friday.As the Senate convened its first hearing on a bipartsan effort to give 11 million law-abiding undocumented immigrants a ... [Published New York Daily News - Apr 20 2013]

Entities: Charles Grassley, Immigration, Charles E Schumer, Bombing, US Department of Homeland Security

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While America's Voice founder Frank Sherry explained that the Heritage blowback "will force opponents to distance themselves from the ugly influence of white nationalism that has infected the opposition for too long or marginalize it further for not doing so" the nationalist ideology is still perfectly acceptable inside the conservative movement and the right-wing media

This Is The Anti-Immigrant Movement Right-Wing Media Are Amplifying [Published Media Matters for America - May 16 2013]

Meanwhile, the inauguration of the much-ballyhooed "Small-Business Health Options Program — SHOP, for short — has been delayed by the federal DepartmentDepartment of Health and Human Services because of "operational challenges." These exchanges were supposed to give employees at small businesses lots of government-approved choices of insurance coverage. Instead, they’ll have just one choice in 2014. The full array of insurance options will not be available until 2015."

U.S. Companies Engage In Financial Jiu-Jitsu To Get Around Obamacare [Published Forbes.com - May 13 2013]

...people in Washington who might benefit from an amnesty, as well as a number of people in Congress, do not want to consider the costs," DeMint said. "No sensible thinking person could read this study and conclude that over 50 years that it could possibly have a positive economic impact."

Immigration study triggers debate [Published Buffalo Law Journal - May 13 2013]

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The Company Memo: Friday, May 17, 2013 [Published Newsvine - 21 hours ago]
This Is The Anti-Immigrant Movement Right-Wing ... [Published Media Matters for America - May 16 2013]
Promoting America’s Entrepreneurial Spirit [Published U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy - May 16 2013]
Solange Uwimana: This Is The Anti-Immigrant Mov... [Published Media Matters for America - County Fair - May 16 2013]
Conservative Analysis: Immigration Reform Would... [Published Huffington Post - May 15 2013]
The Politics Of Scandal [Published Outside The Beltway \| OTB - May 15 2013]
What Congress should do about IRS Tea Party bias [Published The Hill - May 15 2013]
Businesses fear being blindsided by regs [Published The Hill - May 14 2013]
U.S. Companies Engage In Financial Jiu-Jitsu To... [Published Forbes.com - May 13 2013]
U.S. Companies Engage In Financial Jiu-Jitsu To... [Published Forbes.com - May 13 2013]
Immigration study triggers debate [Published Buffalo Law Journal - May 13 2013]
Immigration debate attracts wide swath of lobby... [Published South Carolina Enquirer-Herald - May 13 2013]
Some Republicans Don’t Believe Austerity Is Enough [Published National Journal - May 13 2013]
Jennifer Rubin Is Never Satisfied: Grover Norqu... [Published VDare - May 13 2013]
The Coming GOP Civil War Over Climate Change [Published Yahoo! News - May 10 2013]
Biden wants immigration reform by end of summer [Published KXLY - May 09 2013]
Biden wants immigration reform by end of summer [Published CNN Political Ticker - May 09 2013]
Human Face of Obamacare’s Broken Promises Becom... [Published Heartland Institute - May 09 2013]
Group of conservatives backs action on immigration [Published Miami Herald - May 09 2013]
Group of conservatives backs action on immigration [Published Greenfield Daily Reporter - May 09 2013]
GOP fights itself over immigration reform [Published Los Angeles Times - May 08 2013]
What the Heritage Study Does — And Doesn’t Do [Published The Corner on National Review Online - May 07 2013]
Heritage?s Flawed Immigration Analysis [Published Cato Institute - May 07 2013]
Heritage's Flawed Immigration Analysis [Published Cato @ Liberty - May 07 2013]
Immigration Cost Study: Statistically Sound or ... [Published ABC News - May 07 2013]
Drilling fuels jobs uptick [Published Pueblo Chieftain Online - May 07 2013]
Promise of immigration stimulus sparks dispute [Published Daily Caller - May 07 2013]
Conservatives split on costs of immigration bill [Published TwinCities.com - May 07 2013]
Heritage Foundation Ignites Conservative War Ov... [Published Kevin Drum Feed \| Mother Jones - May 07 2013]
Heritage Foundation study says immigration refo... [Published Hampton Roads Daily Press - May 07 2013]

Blogs

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Solange Uwimana: This Is The Anti-Immigrant Mov... [Published Media Matters for America - County Fair - May 16 2013] By all accounts, the Heritage Foundation study that would have been the conservative media's cudgel to defeat comprehensive immigration reform a second time is all but rotting in the ground, buried under accusations of anti-immigrant and race-based ...
The Politics Of Scandal [Published Outside The Beltway \| OTB - May 15 2013] For most of his Presidency, President Obama has managed to avoid the one thing that most recent Presidents have been able to avoid, the political scandal. There have been attempts by Republicans to tie the Administration down on one issue or another, ...
Biden wants immigration reform by end of summer [Published CNN Political Ticker - May 09 2013] (CNN) - Vice President Joe Biden laid out a timetable for his hopes on immigration reform, saying he wants to see Congress pass a bill in the coming months. "As my grandpop would say, with the grace of god and the good will of the neighbors, Congress ...
What the Heritage Study Does — And Doesn’t Do [Published The Corner on National Review Online - May 07 2013] Critics of a study the Heritage Foundation released yesterday looking at the costs of amnesty for illegal immigrants have done something strange — they’ve attacked us for not doing the study they wanted us to do. It is odd that so many politicians and ...
Heritage's Flawed Immigration Analysis [Published Cato @ Liberty - May 07 2013] Alex Nowrasteh In the Washington Post today , Jim DeMint and Robert Rector of the Heritage Foundation invoke the free-market pantheon in arguing their anti-immigration stance: “The economist Milton Friedman warned that the United States cannot have ...

Audio/Video

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A Speed Bump for the Economy? [Published FOX Business - Video - Apr 16 2013]
Obama Budget: 'Grand Bargain' on the Way? [Published WSJ.com Video - News - Apr 10 2013]
Seib & Wessel: Panel on Washington Fiscal Drama [Published WSJ.com Video - News - Mar 20 2013]
Debate Over Dealing with Debt Continues [Published FOX Business - Video - Mar 19 2013]
Falling Off Cliff Means Tax Hikes for Middle Class [Published FOX Business - Video - Dec 27 2012]

Press Releases

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Zillow, the Progressive Policy Institute and th... [Published Financial Services - Mar 18 2013]