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Week of April 26, 2010

Date	Author	Article
04/27/10	MicEvHill.com	Senator Graham Abandons Comprehensive Immigration Reform Efforts
04/26/10	MicEvHill.com	Another Week of Hearings and Markups In Store As the Aftermath of Arizona and the Politics of CIR Dominate Behind the Scenes Action on Immigration and Refugee Legislation

Week of April 19, 2010

Date	Author	Article
04/21/10	MicEvHill.com	Movement Detected on Comprehensive Immigration Reform Legislation Admidst Signs of Backpeddling by Past GOP Supporters
04/19/10	MicEvHill.com	Immigration Community's Focus is On Arizona While Congress Digs In for a Week of Hearings on Immigration and Refugee Matters

Weeks of March 29 through April 12, 2010

Date	Author	Date
04/15/10	MicEvHill.com	Napolitano Gingerly Wades In As Controversy Rages Over Arizona's Groundbreaking Immigration Enforcement Bill
04/12/10	MicEvHill.Com	Congress returns from Recess With Action Scheduled on Several Immigration and Refugee Matters
04/08/10	MicEvHill.Com	Gutierrez Condemns Obama Immigration Enforcement Policies and Demands Meeting With Napolitano and Morton
04/04/10	MicEvHill.Com	Department of Homeland Security Inspector General Releases Report Critical of the Department's 287(g) Program

Week of March 22, 2010

Date	Author	Article
03/22/10	MicEvHill.Com	House Clears Landmark Health Care Reform Bill for President Obama's Signature

Week of March 15, 2010

Date	Author	Article
03/15/10	MicEvHill.Com	Health Care Reform, Refugee Matters, DHS Appropriations, and CIR Dominate Legislative Agenda in Week to Come
03/15/10	MicEvHill.Com	Gutierrez Stands Alone Among CHC Members So Far in Opposing Senate Health Care Reform Bill

Week of March 8, 2010

Date	Author	Article
03/12/10	MicEvHill.Com	CHC Silence Following Meeting with Obama Could Signal It is Backing Away from Health Care Threat

Week of December 14, 2009

Date	Author	Article
12/16/09	MicEvHill.Com	Prospects Fade for Consideration of a Standalone Menendez Medicaid State Option Amendment
12/15/09	MicEvHill.Com	Pathway Could Clear Soon for Senate Consideration of Menendez Medicare State Option Amendment

Week of December 7, 2009

Date	Author	Article
12/11/09	MicEvHill.Com	Vote on Menendez Medicare State Option Amendment Likely Delayed Until at Least Next Week
12/11/09	MicEvHill.Com	Action on Refugee Funding Moves to the Senate After House Passes FY '10 Consolidated Appropriations Bill

Week of November 16, 2009

Date	Author	Article
11/23/09	Micheal E. Hill	Health Care  Bill Clears First Procedural Hurdle in Senate, Clearing the Way for a Free-For-All on Senate Floor Beginning on November 30
11/20/09	Micheal E. Hill	Senate to Begin Debate on Procedural Motions Relating to Health Care Reform Bill
11/19/09	Micheal E. Hill	Senate Democatic Leadership Unveils 2,074 Page-Long Health Care Reform Bill; Procedural Votes Likely This Weekend
11/16/09	Micheal E. Hill	Parliamentary Maneuvering Could Begin In Senate This Week on Health Care Reform

Week of November 9, 2009

Date	Author	Article
11/09/09	Micheal E. Hill	House Passes Landmark Health Care Reform Bill That Expands Immigrants' Access to Health Insurance

Week of November 2, 2009

Date	Author	Article
11/07/09	Micheal E. Hill	House Debating Health Care Reform Bill
11/06/09	Micheal E. Hill	Speaker Pelsoi Reportedly Has Once Again Rejected Obama Proposal to Bar Illegal Aliens from Purchasing Insurance
11/06/09	Micheal E. Hill	CHC Confronts Obama on Illegal Immigrant Eligibility to Use Their Own Funds to Purchase Health Insurance
11/06/09	Micheal E. Hill	Senate Votes to Block Consideration of Vitter/Bennet Census and Immigration Status Amendment
11/05/09	Micheal E. Hill	Hispanic Caucus to Meet with Obama as Illegal Immigrants Ability to Use Own Funds to Purchase Health Insurance Remains In Peril
11/05/09	Micheal E. Hill	Senate to Vote on Effort to Block Vitter/Bennett Census and Immigration Status Amendment
11/04/09	Micheal E. Hill	CHC Scores Victory as House Leadership Rejects Plea to Bar Illegal Immigrants from Using Their Own Funds to Purchase Health Insurance
11/02/09	Micheal E. Hill	Democratic Leadership Considering Barring Illegal Immigrants from Using Own Funds to Purchase Insurance
11/02/09	Micheal E. Hill	Consideration of Health Care Reform Bill; Census and Immigration Status Proposal Highlight Week's Legislative Agenda
11/02/09	Micheal E. Hill	Immigration Issues May Not Yet Be Settled in House Health Care Reform Bill as Chamber Prepares for This Week's Debate
11/02/09	Micheal E. Hill	Senate Could Revisit Issue of Census and Immigration Status as Democrats, Former Officials, and Minority Groups Attack Vitter Proposal
11/02/09	Micheal E. Hill	Congressional Immigration and Refugee Legislative Agenda Narrows as Year Draws to a Close

Week of October 26, 2009

Date	Author	Article
10/29/09	Micheal E. Hill	House Democrats Introduce Health Care Reform Bill Containing Minimal Immigrant Restrictions
10/29/09	Micheal E. Hill	House Democrats Will Reportedly Defy President Obama and Senate on Undocumented Aliens' Access to Health Insurance Exchanges
10/28/09	Micheal E. Hill	Fiscal Year 2010 Funding for Refugee Programs is Likely Headed for a "Minibus" Spending Bill
10/26/09	Micheal E. Hill	Stopgap FY '10 Funding Bill and Immigration Questions in the 2010 Census Highlight Week's Immigration and Refugee Legislative Agenda
10/26/09	Micheal E. Hill	Senate Could Revisit Issue of Census and Immigration Status as Democrats, Former Officials, and Minority Groups Attack Vitter Proposal
10/26/09	Micheal E. Hill	Congress to Take Up Continuing Appropriations Bill as Fiscal Year 2010 Funding Bills for Refugee Programs Await Consideration in the Senate
10/26/09	Micheal E. Hill	House Passes Bill Revising Alien Smuggling Laws

Week of October 19, 2009

Date	Author	Article
10/22/09	Micheal E. Hill	Congress Quietly Making Major Changes to Alien Smuggling Laws
10/20/09	Micheal E. Hill	Senate Clears Homeland Security Appropriations Bill Extending E-Verify & Visa Programs and Protecting Widows and Orphans
10/20/09	Micheal E. Hill	Side-by-Side Comparison of Key Immigration Provisions in Fiscal Year 2010 Homeland Security Appropriations Bill
10/19/09	Micheal E. Hill	Appropriations, Revision of Alien Smuggling Laws, and Health Care Talks Dominate the Week's Immigration Legislative Agenda
10/19/09	Micheal E. Hill	Senate Hopes to Clear Homeland Security Appropriations Bill Extending E-Verify & Visa Programs and Protecting Widows and Orphans
10/19/09	Micheal E. Hill	Vitter Census and Immigration Status Amendment Could Make a Return Engagement to the Senate Floor This Week

Week of October 12, 2009

Week of October 5, 2009

Date	Author	Article
10/8/09	Micheal E. Hill	Senate Finance Sets Tuesday for Final Health Care Reform Markup Session
10/8/09	Micheal E. Hill	Conferees Jettison Controversial Immigration Enforcement Policy Provisions in Agreement on Homeland Security Appropriations Bill
10/8/09	Micheal E. Hill	Senate Rejects Anti "Sanctuary" Amendment to Bill that Funds Department of Justice
10/6/09	Micheal E. Hill	Senate Takes Up FY '10 Appropriations Bill that Funds Immigration Court System
10/5/09	Micheal E. Hill	Senate Continues to Occupy Center Stage on Immigration and Refugee Legislation
10/5/09	Micheal E. Hill	House-Senate Conference on Homeland Security Appropriations Bill Hits Snag

Week of September 28, 2009

Date	Author	Article
10/2/09	Micheal E. Hill	Senate Finance Committee Rejects Fourth Immigration Restrictionist Amendment as it Completes Consideration of Amendments to Health Care Bill
10/1/09	Micheal E. Hill	Senate Finance Committee Rejects Three Immigration Amendments to Health Care Bill
10/8/09	Micheal E. Hill	Conferees Jettison Controversial Immigration Enforcement Policy Provisions in Agreement on Homeland Security Appropriations Bill
10/8/09	Micheal E. Hill	Senate Rejects Anti "Sanctuary" Amendment to Bill that Funds Department of Justice
10/6/09	Micheal E. Hill	Senate Takes Up FY '10 Appropriations Bill that Funds Immigration Court System
10/5/09	Micheal E. Hill	Senate Continues to Occupy Center Stage on Immigration and Refugee Legislation
10/5/09	Micheal E. Hill	House-Senate Conference on Homeland Security Appropriations Bill Hits Snag

Week of September 21, 2009

Week of September 14, 2009

Week of September 7, 2009