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  • Latest Action: Mar 06, 2012 Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.

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  • 78% of users support S.1965

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    • On January 21, 2012, by bdubya - Something stupid always happens when government tries to get involved with economic recovery. This time they add unrelated clauses in the bill that gives amnesty to illegal aliens. This bill is ridiculous, if they want to jump start the economic recovery then they need to get their hands out of the economy.

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      As noted by bdubya, a user on OpenCongress.org, on January 21, 2012, "Something stupid always happens when government tries to get involved with economic recovery. This time they add unrelated clauses in the bill that gives amnesty to illegal aliens. This bill is ridiculous, if they want to jump start the economic recovery then they need to get their hands out of the economy."

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    • Immigration Startup 2.0: S.1965 Kansas Senator Wants To Issue ... - May 29, 2012 by Timothy Sutton - Startup 2.0 Immigration Bill proposes additional STEM visas.

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      As noted by Timothy Sutton on May 29, 2012, "Startup 2.0 Immigration Bill proposes additional STEM visas." (/url?q=http://timmysutton.blogspot.com/2012/05/immigration-startup-20-s1965-kansas.html&sa=U&ei=U67IT8vkBsnW2gXBt_mrDQ&ved=0CCYQmAEwAA&usg=AFQjCNEx_lVmkPpFdFAj_j8mSu5ohCwVcQ)
    • Immigration Startup 2.0: S.1965 Kansas Senator Wants To Issue ... - May 29, 2012 by Timothy Sutton - Startup 2.0 Immigration Bill proposes additional STEM visas.

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      As noted by Timothy Sutton on May 29, 2012, "Startup 2.0 Immigration Bill proposes additional STEM visas." (/url?q=http://timmysutton.blogspot.com/2012/05/immigration-startup-20-s1965-kansas.html&sa=U&ei=UDjGT_LMJOqw2QXCuODeAQ&ved=0CCYQmAEwAA&usg=AFQjCNFjRpGq_ZCsOMPW8FgF6unpRHyn7A)
    • Immigration Startup 2.0: S.1965 Kansas Senator Wants To Issue ... - May 26, 2012 by Timothy Sutton - Startup 2.0 Immigration Bill proposes additional STEM visas.

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      As noted by Timothy Sutton on May 26, 2012, "Startup 2.0 Immigration Bill proposes additional STEM visas." (/url?q=http://timmysutton.blogspot.com/2012/05/immigration-startup-20-s1965-kansas.html&sa=U&ei=k4_DT8jpOKvKsQL_tJzNCQ&ved=0CCYQmAEwAA&usg=AFQjCNHq4UXQKhFOuRqQE1of16LWKg_A5w)

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    • How Dems court minorities - August 19, 2012 by PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW - speech? To court black voters, Obama claimed that President Kennedy had sponsored the airlift in Africa responsible for bringing his family to the U.S. and asserted that Selma’s 1965 Bloody Sunday demonstration brought his parents together and ...

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      As noted by PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW on August 19, 2012, "speech? To court black voters, Obama claimed that President Kennedy had sponsored the airlift in Africa responsible for bringing his family to the U.S. and asserted that Selma’s 1965 Bloody Sunday demonstration brought his parents together and ..." (http://triblive.com/opinion/2417767-74/biden-obama-black-romney-campaign-court-goin-gonna-malkin-michelle)
    • For some Arizona school districts, funds finally flow - August 19, 2012 by AZCentral.com - Title I programs have been around since the mid-1960s. The name comes from Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, a section of President Lyndon Johnson's 1965 law that calls for additional funding for schools with many low-income students.

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      As noted by AZCentral.com on August 19, 2012, "Title I programs have been around since the mid-1960s. The name comes from Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, a section of President Lyndon Johnson's 1965 law that calls for additional funding for schools with many low-income students." (http://www.azcentral.com/community/mesa/articles/20120813arizona-school-districts-funds.html)
    • Inspired by 'Imposter,' 5 stylish documentaries - August 17, 2012 by East Valley Tribune - Bob Dylan: Don't Look Back" (1967): Pioneering filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker set the standard for the rock documentary with this classic, behind-the-scenes look at Bob Dylan's 1965 concert tour of England. This was impish 23-year-old Dylan before he famously .

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      As noted by East Valley Tribune on August 17, 2012, "Bob Dylan: Don't Look Back" (1967): Pioneering filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker set the standard for the rock documentary with this classic, behind-the-scenes look at Bob Dylan's 1965 concert tour of England. This was impish 23-year-old Dylan before he famously ." (http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/get_out/article_791c1ab8-cd14-11e1-9c36-0019bb2963f4.html)
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