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• Arenberg: Don't destroy the Senate filibuster

  which they do not like.In short, Democrats' frustration is well justified. But neither side is "right" or would "win" should Senate procedure be changed in this way.For one thing, the nuclear option will no doubt lead to massive retaliation. Senate rules make   Read more »

• Dems draw firm line on path to citizenship

  staked out the position after a private meeting Tuesday morning between the House Democratic caucus and the four Senate Democrats who helped write a comprehensive immigration bill that passed the Senate last month."Without a path to citizenship there is not   Read more »

• LI inventor testifying in D.C. about robocalls

  from the telecom industry and another individual who, like Foss, will speak about a potential solution to robocalls, said a Senate committee spokesman.Foss, who spent the weekend working on his oral and written statement, said he plans on speaking about how   Read more »

• Sites for lesser-known presidents face budget woes

  needed each year to run the Polk museum south of Charlotte, meaning it would close for all but a few days a year. Now, the House and Senate are trying to reach a compromise plan that makes some cuts, with hopes that private gifts or grants could make up the   Read more »

• LI immigrant advocates applaud Senate vote

  representatives to act: "King, Bishop, McCarthy, Israel: Now it's your turn!"Rep. Steve Israel (D-Huntington) said after the Senate vote that it would be "a dereliction of duty" if House Republicans don't take on a matching bill. "Long Islanders and all Americans   Read more »

Around the web

• King calls volunteers from western Maine, 'the best of America'

  that travelled to Lac-Megantic, Quebec, to help contain tragic fire there last week. King, speaking from the floor of the U.S. Senate, hailed the 30 firefighters from Eustis, Rangeley, Farmington, Phillips, Strong, New Vineyard and Chesterville who responded 20 m ago from Sun Journal Read more »

• U.S. Senate candidates in N.J. report campaign fundraising

  Holt; Rep. Frank Pallone and N.J. Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver; and Republican Alietta Eck, a Piscataway doctor. Repblican Senate candidate Steve Lonegan loaned his campaign $100,000 last month and raised another $93,000 while spending just $900, his campaign 26 m ago from NorthJersey.com Read more »

• Robert Dove: Beware the Filibuster 'Nuclear Option'

  at length and hear all sides—at length—takes a longer view of what is in the interest of the country.For example, when the Senate began debate on the 1964 Civil Rights Act, a bill that had been quickly passed by the House, the sides opposing the act and supporting 37 m ago from Wall Street Journal Read more »

• OVERNIGHT TECH: Walden proposes cap on Universal Service Fund

  to expand the USF is President Obama's plan to spend more on the E-Rate program to provide faster Internet for schools. The Senate will hold a hearing on the plan on Wednesday, and the FCC is scheduled to vote on whether to move ahead with the proposal on 43 m ago from Hillicon Valley | The Hill Blogs Read more »

• The US immigration bill is dead, India can cheer

  facing pressure at work places because of the uncertainty regarding their green card applications — would have to wait. Had the Senate version been adopted by the House and made into law, it would have created deep rancour among legal immigrants waiting for 45 m ago from Economic Times Read more »