Republicans
Obama puts immigration reform back on table
May 11, 2011El Paso Mayor John Cook praised the president's speech as "right on," and added that a comprehensive approach beyond just enforcement makes most sense.
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New legislation weaponizes Texas classrooms
May 10, 2011The Texas Senate approved, in a 19 to 12 vote, a bill to allow the carrying of concealed handguns on public college campuses.
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Power surge: Record number of Latinos voted in 2010
May 10, 2011A recent study by the Pew Hispanic Center reported that a million more Latinos voted in 2010 than did so in the 2006 midterm election.
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Raise fuel efficiency to 60 miles per gallon, coalition says
May 9, 2011The coalition of almost three dozen local and national environmental groups is calling for a fuel economy standard of 60 miles per gallon by 2025.
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Wall Street doesn’t know what “enough” means
May 9, 2011As the lords of finance are showing us, in the present era of capitalist development even small victories on the progressive side of the ledger are never secure.
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