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...lobby for the bill’s passage. According to Dominique M. McCadden, a Northeastern undergraduate and SJSF’s statewide campaign coordinator, the group hopes that last night’s event and a final sleep-out on Boston Common will encourage legislators to pass the bill by Earth Day on April 22, the day after the final sleep...
Although the city was unable to grant the permit on such a short notice, Cheung will introduce a bill to the City Council next week that will allow it to grant exemptions more easily. City Councillor Craig A. Kelley even slept out with the group last night because of the “symbolic” power of the night...
...their outrage about threats to kill Sen. Jim Bunning (R-KY) only three weeks prior? Bunning was menaced for filibustering against $13 billion in deficit spending to expand unemployment benefits. And how about House Republican Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA), who opposed the health-care bill? When a bullet was fired into his office window, Cantor reported it to the police—not the media—to avoid inciting violence...
...Senators, New York Democrat Chuck Schumer and South Carolina Republican Lindsey Graham, certainly seem to think so. They recently presented an immigration-bill blueprint to President Barack Obama that includes a proposal to issue a biometric ID card - one that would contain physical data such as fingerprints or retinal scans - to all working Americans. The "enhanced Social Security card" is being touted as a way to curb illegal immigration by giving employers the power to quickly and accurately determine who is eligible to work. "If you say [illegal immigrants] can't get a job when they come here...
...militia groups increased 244%, to 512. Though not necessarily racist, such groups fiercely oppose the federal government. In recent weeks, the health care debate seems to have fueled antigovernment sentiment that is far different from the last noticeable rise in extremist-group activity, after the 1992 election of Bill Clinton. "These shifts are a little more than some people can take," says Heidi Beirich, the Southern Poverty Law Center's director of research...