Politics

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Christopher Crane, who represents Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, says illegal immigrants are given a bigger voice than enforcement agents during the immigration reform debate. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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"Despite the promises made by President Obama Obamacare is causing health insurance premiums to rise," says Sen. John Cornyn, Texas Republican. A bill he has introduced "would bring much-needed transparency to the onslaught of higher costs families will be facing."

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Sen. Lindsey Graham, South Carolina Republican, tells reporters on April 22, 2013, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington that he objects to President Obama's decision to not prosecute the Boston Marathon bombing suspect as an enemy combatant. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** A person opposing the Keystone XL pipeline holds up photographs of an oil spill during the U.S. State Department's sole public hearing in Grand Island, Neb., on April 18, 2013, to allow citizens to make their views known on the $7.6 billion Canada-to-Texas Keystone XL pipeline. (Associated Press)

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends the presentation of a biography of her in Berlin on Monday, April 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

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** FILE ** Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf arrives at an anti-terrorism court in Islamabad on Saturday, April 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

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Kristina Tendilla (center) of Chicago gets emotional as she tells her family's story amid pro-immigration supporters from National People's Action group as they gather outside the doors to the Senate Judiciary Committee before a hearing on immigration on Capitol Hill on April 22, 2013. Immigration supporters are using the monarch butterfly to symbolize free migration. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Pro-immigration supporters from around the nation wait in line to enter before at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Immigration at the Hart Office Building on Capitol Hill on April 22, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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** FILE ** Former Taliban members, handcuffed, stand in line after turning in their weapons during a ceremony with the Afghan government in Herat, Afghanistan, on Sunday, April 7, 2013, as part of a peace-reconciliation program. (AP Photo/Hoshang Hashimi)