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Posted: 5/13/2013 11:32:59 AM EST
FILE - In a Jan. 16, 2012 file photo , former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman holds a news conference in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Huntsman is helping launch a new monthly radio talk show on SiriusXM Wednesday May 15, 2013, aimed at promoting bipartisan politics. (AP Photo/David Goldman, file)
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Posted: 5/5/2013 9:03:38 AM EST
FILE - In this April 10, 2013, file photo. a protester for immigration reform holds a sign in during a rally at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta. Absent a magic potion or explosive economic growth, it was all but inevitable President Barack Obama would have to break some of his campaign promises to keep others, distinguished both by their ambition and incompatibility. There's nearly unanimous, bipartisan agreement that the nation's immigration laws need fixing more than a quarter-century after the last major overhaul. Some 11 million immigrants live illegally in the U.S., most with no prospect of ever legalizing their status under current law _ unless they return to their home countries for 10 years first. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)
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Posted: 5/4/2013 12:33:27 PM EST
FILE - In this April 18, 2013 file photo members of the bipartisan immigration "Gang of Eight", a group of four Democrats and four Republicans in the Senate, participate in a Capitol Hill news conference in Washington. Together they crafted a bill to address the dominant four immigration questions: tightening border controls, allowing more high- and low-skilled workers to legally immigrate, requiring employers to verify their workers have legal status, and creating an opportunity for those who are in the U.S. illegally to eventually become citizens. Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin of Ill., right, signals "time-out" as Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., center, begins to tell a joke as, with , from left, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., and Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)
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Posted: 5/2/2013 5:23:35 PM EST
FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2013 file photo, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., right, accompanied by Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., gestures as he speaks during a bipartisan group of leading senators to announce that they have reached agreement on the principles of sweeping legislation to rewrite the nation's immigration laws, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Rubio says a new immigration bill he helped write needs stronger border security provisions or it will fail in the House and may even have trouble getting through the Senate. Rubio, who is the chief emissary to conservatives on the contentious legislation, said he’s been hearing concerns in recent days that more work is needed to boost the bill’s language on the border and he said he’s committed to trying to make those changes. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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Posted: 5/1/2013 4:33:43 PM EST
Protesters brave the cold and snow as they march from the Capitol to a park in Denver on Wednesday, May 1, 2013. About 200 people gathered at the Capitol for immigration reform. The May Day rallies carry a special sense of urgency this year, two weeks after a bipartisan group of senators introduced a bill that would bring many of the estimated 11 million living in the U.S. illegally out of the shadows. Colorado's rally comes just after the governor signed a bill allowing students in the country illegally to pay in-state tuition at state colleges and universities, ending a 10-year political battle.(AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)
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Posted: 5/1/2013 4:33:43 PM EST
Protesters brave the cold and snow as they march from the Capitol to a park in Denver on Wednesday, May 1, 2013. About 200 people gathered at the Capitol for immigration reform. The May Day rallies carry a special sense of urgency this year, two weeks after a bipartisan group of senators introduced a bill that would bring many of the estimated 11 million living in the U.S. illegally out of the shadows. Colorado's rally comes just after the governor signed a bill allowing students in the country illegally to pay in-state tuition at state colleges and universities, ending a 10-year political battle.(AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)
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Posted: 5/1/2013 4:33:43 PM EST
A marcher carries a Mexico flag as protesters brave the cold and snow as they march from the Capitol to a park in Denver on Wednesday, May 1, 2013. About 200 people gathered at the Capitol for immigration reform. The May Day rallies carry a special sense of urgency this year, two weeks after a bipartisan group of senators introduced a bill that would bring many of the estimated 11 million living in the U.S. illegally out of the shadows. Colorado's rally comes just after the governor signed a bill allowing students in the country illegally to pay in-state tuition at state colleges and universities, ending a 10-year political battle.(AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)
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Posted: 5/1/2013 6:23:21 AM EST
FILE – In this Jan. 28, 2013, file photo Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., center, speaks at a Capitol Hill news conference on immigration legislation with a members of a bipartisan group of leading senators, including, from left, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. and Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., in Washington. Tens of thousands are expected to rally in dozens of cities from New York to Bozeman, Mont., on Wednesday in what has become an annual cry for easing the nation's immigration laws. The rallies carry a special sense of urgency this year, two weeks after a bipartisan group of senators introduced a bill that would bring many of the estimated 11 million living in the U.S. illegally out of the shadows. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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Posted: 4/28/2013 8:38:19 AM EST
In this photo taken April 23, 2013, Army Chief of Staff Ray Odierno is seen during testimony on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Army’s hulking Abrams tank, built to dominate the enemy in combat, is proving equally hard to beat in a budget battle, because of a bipartisan push to spend an extra $436 million on tanks, which experts explicitly say are not needed. "If we had our choice, we would use that money in a different way," Odierno told The Associated Press this past week. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Posted: 4/28/2013 8:38:19 AM EST
In this photo taken April 23, 2013, Army Chief of Staff Ray Odierno is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Army’s hulking Abrams tank, built to dominate the enemy in combat, is proving equally hard to beat in a budget battle, because of a bipartisan push to spend an extra $436 million on tanks, which experts explicitly say are not needed. "If we had our choice, we would use that money in a different way," Odierno told The Associated Press this past week. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Posted: 4/27/2013 11:23:41 AM EST
FILE – In this April 18, 2013, file photo Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., speaks at a Capitol Hill news conference with the Senate's "Gang of Eight", the bipartisan team pushing an immigration overhaul, to outline their immigration reform legislation that would creates a path for 11 million unauthorized immigrants to apply for U.S. citizenship. After radio host Rush Limbaugh told Rubio many conservatives "are scared to death" that the Republican Party "is committing suicide, that we're going to end up legalizing 9 million automatic Democrat voters," Rubio said the risk is worth taking. "Every political movement, conservatism included, depends on the ability to convince people that do not agree with you now to agree with you in the future,"he said. At right is Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona, and at Rubio's left is Democrat Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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Posted: 4/25/2013 3:13:28 AM EST
FILE - In this April 10, 2013, file photo, copies of President Barack Obama's budget plan for fiscal year 2014 are distributed to Senate staff on Capitol Hill in Washington. Liberals’ objections to White House proposals for slowing the growth of huge social programs make it clear that neither political party puts a high priority on reducing the deficit. House Republicans have consistently refused to raise income taxes. And top Democrats now oppose changes to Medicare and Social Security benefits. Lawmakers must budge on these issues to produce a bipartisan compromise big enough to seriously dent the federal deficit. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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Posted: 4/24/2013 3:53:30 PM EST
From left, Shirley Tan, Jay Mercado, center, Shirley Tan and one of their twin sons Jorien Mercado,16, wait on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, April 24, 2013, for their meetingwith Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. Shirley is undocumented and Jay is an American citizen. They have been together for 27 years and have raised Jorien and his brother Jashley. They and other gay rights activists are lobbying Senators today pushing to change the immigration bill to allow gay Americans to sponsor visas for their same-sex partners the way straight Americans can. Democrats are treading carefully on a proposed addition to the bipartisan immigration overhaul. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Posted: 4/24/2013 3:53:30 PM EST
From left, Shirley Tan, Jay Mercado, and their twin sons Jashley Mercado, and Jorien Mercado, both 16, from Pacifica, Calif., walk to the Capitol on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, April 24, 2013, to lobby Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. Shirley is undocumented and Jay in an American citizen. They have been together for 27 years and have raised Jashley and Jorien. They and other gay rights activists are lobbying Senators today pushing to change the immigration bill to allow gay Americans to sponsor visas for their same-sex partners the way straight Americans can. Democrats are treading carefully on a proposed addition to the bipartisan immigration overhaul. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Posted: 4/24/2013 3:53:29 PM EST
Jay Mercado, left, and Shirley Tan, third from left, and their twin sons Jorien Mercado, second from left and Jashley Mercado, both 16, of Pacifica, Calif., wait on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, April 24, 2013, to meet with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. Shirley is undocumented and Jay is an American citizen. They have been together for 27 years and have raised Jashley and Jorien. They and other gay rights activists are lobbying Senators today pushing to change the immigration bill to allow gay Americans to sponsor visas for their same-sex partners the way straight Americans can. Democrats are treading carefully on a proposed addition to the bipartisan immigration overhaul. At the far right is Kelly Costello of Maryland. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Posted: 4/22/2013 2:23:28 PM EST
Senate Judiciary Committee member Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., right, questions a panel of witnesses during the committee's hearing on immigration reform after a bipartisan group of senators agreed last week on legislation that would dramatically remake the U.S. immigration system, Monday, April 22, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington. From left are, Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, the committee's ranking member; Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt.; Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.; and Schumer. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Posted: 4/20/2013 11:28:34 AM EST
Caren Teves, right, whose son was killed in the Aurora, Colo., mass shooting, speaks as she holds up a handwritten letter to her from Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., as Jennifer Longdon, left, a shooting victim who was left paralyzed, holds up a protest sign as they join more than 50 anti-gun activists rallying outside Flake's office, Friday, April 19, 2013, in Phoenix. Flake said Friday he wants Congress to expand background checks for firearm buyers, despite his recent vote against the Senate's bipartisan plan. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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Posted: 4/19/2013 3:48:59 AM EST
Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., at podium, about immigration reform legislation outlined by the Senate's bipartisan "Gang of Eight" Thursday, April 18, 2013, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. From left are Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., Menendez, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Posted: 4/18/2013 4:28:46 PM EST
Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., center, speaks as immigration reform legislation as outlined by the Senate's bipartisan "Gang of Eight" that would create a path for the nation's 11 million unauthorized immigrants to apply for U.S. citizenship, Thursday, April 18, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington. From left are, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin of Ill., Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Posted: 4/18/2013 3:14:12 AM EST
FILE - In this June 25, 2012, file photo, members of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles hold a rally in response to the ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court on Arizona's immigration law outside the Federal Court building in Los Angeles. There's nearly unanimous, bipartisan agreement that the nation's immigration laws need fixing more than a quarter-century after the last major overhaul. Some 11 million immigrants live illegally in the U.S., most with no prospect of ever legalizing their status under current law _ unless they return to their home countries for 10 years first. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)
