Congressman Alcee Hastings

Advocates and congressional leaders are renewing their effort to have the government grant temporary protected status for thousands of undocumented Haitian immigrants. Moments after being sworn in in Congress on Tuesday, Rep. Alcee Hastings, D-Miramar, reintroduced a bill to grant the temporary...  

by GIN (GIN) – Florida Rep. Alcee L. Hastings of Palm Beach has condemned US efforts to deport citizens of Haiti who fled four back-to-back hurricanes and ...  

Alcee Hastings, D-Miramar, introduced legislation Wednesday aimed at reducing long lines at the polls. His Critical Election Infrastructure Act would ...  

It’s a new year, but for Rep. Alcee Hastings the same issues are still on the table. The Palm Beach Democrat is taking aim at two of his favorite topics — temporary protected status for Haitians and improving the voting process — with ...  

The more we dig into this scuffle the more dimensions to the story there appear to be -- beyond the turf issues between the Senate and the executive, you've got issue of intel budgetary reform, the future of the CIA and anti-terror ops, the legacy of torture, the ability of the senate overseers...  

Senator Feinstein complained publicly about the fact that, as chairwoman of the Intelligence Committee, she had not been informed about Panetta's ...  

For now, Reid plans on putting Burris’ appointment to the Rules Committee, then the full Senate. Says Judicial Watch spokeswoman Jill Farrell: “Sending the ...  

One key factor is that incoming Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Dianne Feinstein also softened her criticism of Panetta. George Stephanopoulos said on ...  

(CNN) – Outgoing Senate Rules Committee Chairman Dianne Feinstein said Tuesday she disagrees with her Democratic leadership blocking Roland Burris from ...  

On Monday, key members of the Senate intelligence committee, including incoming chairwoman Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., complained that they were not ...  

Vice President-elect Joe Biden also branded it a mistake for Obama not to discuss the decision in advance with the incoming Senate Intelligence Committee ...  

The individual most surprised by the pick appears to be Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Dianne Feinstein (D-CA). Feinstein is very publicly questioning ...  

Christopher S. Bond of Missouri, the ranking Republican on the Intelligence Committee, said he would be “looking hard at Panetta’s intelligence expertise ...