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White House-backed immigration legislation is gaining momentum in the Senate, where key lawmakers say they are closing in on a bipartisan compromise to spend tens of billions of dollars stiffening the bill's border security requirements without delaying legalization for millions living in the country unlawfully. "This is a key moment in the effort to pass this bill. This is sort of the defining 24 to 36 hours," Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said Wednesday night after a day of private talks. Under the emerging compromise, the government would grant legal status to immigrants living in the United States unlawfully at the same time the additional security was being put into place. Green cards, which signify permanent residency status, would be withheld until the security steps were complete. Officials described a so-called border surge that envisions doubling the size of the Border Patrol with 20,000 new agents, constructing hundreds of miles of additional fencing along the border with Mex...
Karl Rove responds to Senator Chuck Schumer's outrage over his super PAC's finances
WASHINGTON -- If someone admits to a federal official that he's used illegal drugs, that information should be sent to the FBI so that person can be disqualified fro...
Sen. Lindsey Graham responds to Justice Department snooping scandal
In the wake of last week's deadly shooting at a Long Island pharmacy, Sen. Charles Schumer says the federal government must work harder to fight prescription drug ab...
President Obama takes the oath of office. Chris Stirewalt hosts a special edition of Power Play for the 2013 Presidential Inauguration.
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Is Senator Chuck Schumer trying to have it both ways when it comes to deregulation?
A New York senator on Sunday asked Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld to send an elite military unit to search for human remains at ground zero after hundreds of n...
Amtrak's board called a meeting for Wednesday and plans to fire President David Gunn, according to Sen. Charles Schumer , D-N.Y.Gunn has clashed with the Bush admini...
The following is a partial transcript of the Sept. 21, 2008, edition of "FOX News Sunday With Chris Wallace":"FOX NEWS SUNDAY" HOST CHRIS WALLACE: The White House is...
This is a rush transcript of "Special Report With Brit Hume" from June 11, 2007.BRIT HUME, FOX NEWS ANCHOR: Next on SPECIAL REPORT, Senate Democrats hold a vote of n...
This is a rush transcript of "Special Report With Brit Hume" from June 11, 2007.BRIT HUME, FOX NEWS ANCHOR: Next on SPECIAL REPORT, Senate Democrats hold a vote of n...
The following is a partial transcript of the April 8, 2007, edition of "FOX News Sunday With Chris Wallace":"FOX NEWS SUNDAY" HOST CHRIS WALLACE: And we're joined no...
Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine:Rewriting History?Democratic Senator Charles Schumer of New York says a lack of regulation by the Bush administr...
The following is a transcript from "FOX News Sunday" that aired on Nov. 6, 2005.CHRIS WALLACE, HOST: And now for the Democrats' perspective, Senator Charles Schumer,...
Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine:Rewriting History?Democratic Senator Charles Schumer of New York says a lack of regulation by the Bush administr...
This is a partial transcript of "The Big Story With John Gibson," October 14, 2005 , that has been edited for clarity.DAVID ASMAN, GUEST HOST: All of us in the Unite...
Parents may be scrambling to buy back to school supplies for the children, but some of those backpacks and binders may come with a high price.A recent report from th...
This is a partial transcript from " The O'Reilly Factor ," February 26, 2007, that has been edited for clarity.BILL O'REILLY, HOST: In the "personal story" segment t...