Congress

• By The Associated Press A look at how Congress has dealt with immigration in the past 25 years: 1986: The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 both tightens controls on illegal immigration and extends amnesty for many illegal immigrants.
(msnbc.com)
• -- A look at how Congress has dealt with immigration in the past 25 years: 1986: The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 both tightens controls on illegal immigration and extends amnesty for many undocumented immigrants.
(Huffington Post)
• A move is under way in Congress to strike any reference to lunatic in federal law in an effort to reduce the stigma of mental illness. Federal law should reflect the 21st-century understanding of mental illness and disease, Sen.
(St. Petersburg Times)
• Rep. Spencer Bachus was cleared this week of allegations that he committed insider trading by using privileged information to direct his stock purchases.
(US News and World Report)
• NEW DELHI/AHMEDABAD: A Congress woman MP from Gujarat today broke down in the Lok Sabha while mentioning how she was allegedly manhandled by state police in her home constituency during yesterdays Gujarat Divas celebrations.
(Times of India)
• Not even the slightest glitch will go unnoticed in New Orleans a couple of weeks hence. It would be quite an embarrassment if someone forgot the PowerPoint, say, for the organizer is the Society of Government Meeting Professionals.
(nola.com)
• Frumin, a soft-spoken, mustachioed man with wire-rimmed glasses, suggests two changes to the Senate rules — ones that might seem arcane and technical to an outside audience, but could help make Congress work again.
(Washington Post)
• Sen. Tom Coburn says Congress is failing the nation as it teeters on the brink of economic collapse because most of its members are so consumed with achieving power and control in Washington that they are willing to lie to the American people.
(NewsMax.com)