Members of the U.S. Congress are working on legislation that would mandate the addition of a "kill switch" for all smartphones purchased in the United States.
Arizona Senator John McCain is pushing the comprehensive immigration reform bill he helped to write, telling Republican-leaning crowds that it will create jobs and boost the economy.
Comprehensive immigration reform faces tough opposition in the conservative House of Representatives, but there are signs that Republicans may be changing their minds.
Secretary of Homeland security Janet Napolitano resigned this week, and House Republicans struggle to reconcile the needs of the national party with the desires of their constituents.
The revolutionary new bill will now go on to the House of Representatives for a vote A bipartisan effort in the Senate has led to a new immigration reform bill that will now find its way to the House of Representatives.
The bipartisan immigration reform bill passed its first test on the floor of the Senate today, receiving an impressive 82 votes in favor of cloture, which allows the bill to move on to the next phase of debate.
The death of New Jersey Senator Frank Lautenberg yesterday morning leaves the Democrats a vote down in the struggle to pass comprehensive immigration reform.
The bipartisan immigration reform bill has passed the Senate Judiciary Committee and will be taken up by the full Senate sometime this summer. Due to the diligence, and some would say stubbornness, of the Gang of Eight, the bill remains in more of less the same form as when it entered committee.
