Open Congress : News Articles for Sen. John Hoeven [R, ND]

Obama sparks new fight in seeking huge nuke reductions

2013-06-19T01:00:00Z

...the United States and Russia to a program that would reduce their nuclear warhead arsenals to 1,550 from 2,500 by 2018. Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., also assailed the plan, saying that with Russia, China and North Korea expanding their nuclear arsenals, an

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Obama sparks new fight in seeking huge nuke reductions

2013-06-19T01:00:00Z

CBO: Senate Immigration Plan Would Boost Economy

2013-06-19T01:00:00Z

...by a larger debate over the legislation's border security requirements, which Republicans generally want to toughen. Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., is working on an amendment requiring the government to demonstrate an ability to apprehend 90 percent of those

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Senate on Verge of Border-Security Deal

2013-06-19T01:00:00Z

...bill, lawmakers involved in the talks said Wednesday. The deal has grown out of an effort by Sens. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., and Sens. John Hoeven, R-N.D, to bolster the border-security benchmarks already in the bill. Many Republicans think those provisions

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Obama sparks new fight in seeking huge nuke reductions

2013-06-19T01:00:00Z

Budget office view boosts Senate immigration bill

2013-06-19T01:00:00Z

Senators near deal on border security

2013-06-19T01:00:00Z

...that has been involved in the negotiations. I think we’re together now,” said Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), who along with Sen. John Hoeven (R-N.D.) is leading the negotiations with the bipartisan Gang of Eight. ( PHOTOS: At a glance: The Senate immigr

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Immigration bill a boost, CBO says - Wed, 19 Jun 2013 PST

2013-06-19T01:00:00Z

...together or split apart.” The proposal emerging Tuesday comes from a newer participant in the immigration battles, first-term Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., who is working with Republicans, including Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee, who have shown an interest

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Senate Kills Border-Security Amendment

2013-06-19T01:00:00Z

...be luring Republicans away from the Cornyn measure to an alternative. That's what Republican Sens. Bob Corker of Tennessee and John Hoeven of North Dakota are hoping to craft. Along with some other Republicans, they are working on a separate border-secu

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Immigration negotiators eye border security compromise

2013-06-19T01:00:00Z

...illegal immigrant amnesty ruling from 1986. Corker refused to offer details of the proposal that he's been working on with Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D. They've been discussing the plan with Democrats, including Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York. The provisions

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House committee takes up tough immigration bill

2013-06-18T01:00:00Z

...also has the 90 percent figure as a goal, but doesn't make the path to citizenship directly contingent on achieving it. Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., told The Associated Press Monday night that he has been working on an alternative with Sen. Bob Corker, R-T

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Immigration reform: Senate Republicans appear on the cusp of buying in

2013-06-18T01:00:00Z

...the aisle that aren’t going to support the immigration bill, period,” says Sen. Bob Corker (R) of Tennessee, who along with Sen. John Hoeven (R) of North Dakota are working on the GOP’s amendment package. Yet “there are a number of people on our

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Report: 8 million to gain legal status in Senate immigration bill

2013-06-18T01:00:00Z

...a provision that sparks opposition from voters who could be influential in GOP primaries in next year's mid-term elections. Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., told reporters that he and others want the government to demonstrate an ability to apprehend the vast m

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Report: 8 million to gain legal status in Senate immigration bill

2013-06-18T01:00:00Z

Editorial: Cash the biggest crop in this farm bill

2013-06-17T01:00:00Z

...food stamps and other farm and food aid programs for the next five years, at the Capitol in Washington, June 10. At rear is Sen. John Hoeven, R-ND. Officially known as the Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act of 2013, the agriculture policy measure wou

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Sens. Hoeven, Corker Push New Border-Security Amendment

2013-06-17T01:00:00Z

...border-security amendment being authored by Sens. John Hoeven, R-N.D., and Bob Corker, R-Tenn., for the immigration-reform bill would leave in place the hard trigger for the pathway to citizenship envisioned by Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, but it would se

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Editorial Board: Sen. Cornyn’s border amendment is a poison pill for immigration reform

2013-06-15T01:00:00Z

...called “that sweet spot that addresses the Democratic sensibilities and ours.” Such senators include Marco Rubio (Fla.), John McCain (Ariz.), John Hoeven (N.D.) and more. They should not let the process be derailed by the mischief of the naysayers..

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Editorial Board: Sen. Cornyn’s border amendment is a poison pill for immigration reform

2013-06-15T01:00:00Z

Heritage Action blasts amendment

2013-06-14T01:00:00Z

...on both sides of the aisle and is happy to listen, but firm on triggers,” Cornyn’s spokeswoman said. Sens. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), John McCain (R-Ariz.), John Hoeven (R-N.D.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) are working on finding a middle ground in betwee

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Cornyn Key to 70-Vote Threshold for Immigration Reform

2013-06-14T01:00:00Z

...in the bill would actually be implemented," he said. The bill's authors are also negotiating with Sens. Bob Corker (R-TN) and John Hoeven (R-ND), but neither of those lawmakers have the same authority as Cornyn on border security. A Republican senator w

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