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Va. governor opposes marriage amendment, A.G. backs it
In what conservatives are calling a position reversal, Gov. Timothy M. Kaine said Sept. 14 he would campaign against a proposed constitutional marriage amendment on the November ballot — bucking a trend that has seen the lieutenant governor, attorney general and members from both parties in the legislature support it.
Sep 18, 2006
Topic: Family, Marriage, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality, Citizenship, Legislation
House Republicans Will Push for 700 Miles of Fencing on Mexico Border
House Republicans announced Wednesday that they would move swiftly to pass legislation requiring the Bush administration to build 700 miles of fencing along the Mexican border to help stem the flow of illegal immigrants and drugs into the United States.
Sep 14, 2006
Topic: Citizenship, Legislation, National, Social Issues
Immigration Movement Struggles to Regain Momentum Built in Spring Marches
For a moment, it sounded like one of the spirited crowds from this past spring. There, at the foot of the Capitol, flag-waving immigrants chanted and cheered and warned lawmakers in Congress to take notice. But this time, only a few thousand people protested, not the hundreds of thousands that organizers had expected at the rally here on Thursday.
Sep 11, 2006
Topic: Citizenship, Immigration, Legislation, National, Social Issues
To Hold Senate, G.O.P. Bolsters Its Most Liberal
With a barrage of television advertisements and the mobilization of its get-out-the-vote machine, the national Republican Party has lined up in Rhode Island to beat back a conservative primary challenge to the most liberal Republican in the Senate, Lincoln Chafee. The outcome on Tuesday could help determine whether Democrats have a shot at taking back the Senate.
Sep 11, 2006
Topic: Citizenship, Legislation, National
Sounding retreat
Urban legend has it that populations of wild rodents known as lemmings periodically commit mass suicide by throwing themselves off cliffs. In fact, these critters do no such thing. It remains to be seen, however, whether American voters will this fall do the functional equivalent of the lemming leap: electing politicians who seductively promise retreat from a strategy of forward defense, thus imperiling large numbers of our countrymen abroad and possibly at home.
Sep 5, 2006
Topic: Citizenship, Legislation, National
G.O.P. Sets Aside Work on Immigration
As they prepare for a critical pre-election legislative stretch, Congressional Republican leaders have all but abandoned a broad overhaul of immigration laws and instead will concentrate on national security issues they believe play to their political strength.
Sep 5, 2006
Topic: Citizenship, Immigration, Legislation, National
New California gay anti-bias law assailed
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger this week made it illegal for state-funded service providers, such as police and fire departments and universities, to discriminate against homosexuals, bisexuals and transgendered persons.
Aug 31, 2006
Topic: Family, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality, Citizenship, Legislation
How We Ended Welfare, Together
TEN years ago today I signed the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act. By then I had long been committed to welfare reform.
Aug 22, 2006
Topic: Family, Citizenship, Legislation, National, Social Issues, Issues
A Decade After Welfare Overhaul, a Shift in Policy and Perception
Ten years after the overhaul of the welfare system, the implications are still rippling through policy and politics.
Aug 21, 2006
Topic: Family, Living, Finances, Citizenship, Legislation, National, Social Issues
Stem Cells: The Hope and the Hype
The stem cell debate is so politically loaded that it’s tough to tell who’s being straight about the real areas of progress and how breakthroughs can be achieved. TIME sorts it out
By NANCY GIBBS
Time Magazine, July 30, 2006
Aug 18, 2006
Topic: Life, Stem-Cell Research, Citizenship, Legislation, Issues