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The Dealmaker
The fate of immigration reform was up for grabs in early June when Chuck Schumer jumped on the phone with an unlikely ally. The bipartisan proposal to rewrite...
Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski Endorses Gay Marriage
Today, Alaskan Senator Lisa Murkowski endorsed gay marriage, joining Sens. Mark Warner and Mark Kirk as the only Republican senators to do so. Murkowski...

Border Security: Will it Block a Final Deal on Immigration?
The two parties have yet to find a sweet spot between tougher security standards and supporters' insistence on preserving the core of the bill.

Boehner in a Bind on Immigration
Passing immigration reform could bolster his party's dismal relationship with Hispanics, yet much of his caucus appears bent on killing the bill, then proudly...
Republicans Need Ron Paul (for Congressional Baseball)
The Congressional Baseball Game gives congressmen tired of shouting matches on the floor an annual chance to blow off steam on the diamond. There, the shot at...
Photo Essays

LIFE With Hillary Clinton: Portraits of a College Grad, 1969
Long before Yale Law, before Arkansas, before marriage to Bill, the Senate, the White House, her own (first?) run for the White House, the State Department and...

LIFE’s Best Convention Photos: The GOP
Throughout the decades that LIFE was publishing as a weekly magazine, politics and politicians of every stripe held a central place in the publication’s mission...
Time.com Specials

11 Great Secret Service Code Names
As GOP Vice Presidential nominee Paul Ryan's Secret Service code name come to light, TIME takes a look back at some of the better Secret Service monikers...

The January 30 Republican Debate
As a testament to his suddenly strong position in the battle for the GOP nomination, says Mark Halperin, the Senator showed off all of his worst traits — and...
Articles from Around the Web
Ryan:' We need' immigration fix
'' Not now but in the future we're gonna have labor shortages,'' says the Republican. ...
Steve King plans six- hour news conference on immigration
Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa), one of the most outspoken GOP critics of the months-long push to overhaul the nation's immigration laws, plans to devote at least six hours of his...
Social issues still fire up GOP despite 2012 loss
The urgency rose last fall, when Mitt Romney became the fifth Republican in six presidential elections to lose the popular vote. On abortion and reproductive rights, some...
The Caucus: Testy Debate in Mass. Senate Race Over Term Limits
The Democrat, Edward J. Markey, accuses the Republican, Gabriel Gomez, of shading the truth about his discussions with Senator John McCain and term limits. ...


