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Late last week Cooperman laid out his views to a packed room of securities analysts and hedge-fund managers in Manhattan. He noted the power of big federal spending and expressed concern that Washington's largesse, if unchecked, would fundamentally alter America's competitiveness. But he also made clear his...
• Drew national attention, and many constituents' ire, by announcing he would reject about $700 million of the expected $2.8 billion in federal funding directed to South Carolina in the 2009 stimulus bill - which he opposed. He later backed down after losing his fight in court.
"I think the fatal flaw of a lot of people in politics is that they want to be loved. I sleep like a baby at night." -Brushing off criticism for his stance on rejecting federal stimulus money (New York Times, April 3, 2009)
"I feel bad for the widows - I've lost a spouse myself. But any measure that doesn't uphold the [two-year marriage] condition would further compromise the integrity of our immigration laws," says Michael Cutler, a Center for Immigration Studies fellow and former federal immigration-fraud investigator. "We forget...
The courts are increasingly siding with the widows as well. In April, a federal judge in Los Angeles told Homeland Security to reopen the cases of 22 immigrants denied green cards because their U.S. spouses had died, ruling that the deaths should not nullify the widows' (or widowers') legal residence...