CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER: Well, if the problem doesn't exist why do we have 11 million illegals in the country? And why did the CBO, in reporting on the economic effects of the bill before the Corker amendment, say that it will reduce illegal immigration only by a quarter and estimate that in ten years after the passage of the bill will have 5 million n

KIRSTEN POWERS: I don't support even the concept of a trigger. We're so apart on that. The trigger is set up to keep people from coming into this country essentially because there will never be a point where the border will be certified as being safe as Republicans want to be because there are so many Republicans who don't want these people coming

BILL KRISTOL: "I don't believe there's a lot of policy analysis behind this. I missed all the hearings and documents that show why we need 20,000 more border security agents as opposed to 5,000. They voted down in committee 5,000 more, but now 20,000 is now the magic number that gives some of the Republican Senators enough cover to vote for this po

SEN. TED CRUZ (R-TX): "Number one, don't arm al Qaida. Don't arm those who hate us. Don't arm those who want to kill us. Number two, when it comes to matters of vital national security, the President of the United States needs to come to the American people. It is not acceptable for the president to simply send out staffers to pass on his decisions

“They have to try to justify their existence of destroying the freedom of and the privacy of the American citizens, otherwise they’re out of work.” Paul said on the Cavuto show Wednesday. “They stretched the point. And even these hearings today were a bit of a sham… because they had already decided what the results would be.” 

HOST: One final question about this: I’m presuming that you’re a ‘yea’ vote, if this proposal is included in the final measure. If the House were not to pass something like this, would the GOP be to blame for basically scuttling immigration reform? SEN. BOB CORKER (R-TN): Well, I will say this. For people who are concerned about border

Republican Speaker of the House John Boehner warned against passing an immigration bill without broad bipartisan support saying such important legislation should not be passed by a slim majority in Congress. "Immigration reform must, and I mean must, be grounded in real border security," Boehner said at a press conference on Thursday. "In my

SEAN HANNITY: Are you telling, then, conservatives to be patient with you? The bill’s not finished and maybe they’ve read too much into it too early? RUBIO: I think that conservatives have the right to be skeptical about it. The federal government under democrats in the past has failed to enforce our immigration laws. That’s why we have 11

SEN. MARY LANDRIEU (D-LOUISIANA): So I have 15 amendments that are noncontroversial, maybe. I'm making that up. Maybe there is an opponent. I can't get discussed. But only people that have controversial amendments, only people that have no chance of passing their amendments, only people who want headlines in newspapers, only people that have amendm

According to friends, deceased journalist Michael Hastings believed he was being watched by the FBI.

Juan Williams, Charles Krauthammer, Jonah Goldberg, and Chris Wallace discuss.

While senators claim to be making progress on a bipartisan immigration reform bill, House Republicans under John Boehner were in contradictory disarray as Boehner met with the House Hispanic caucus for the first time ever at the same time that many of his colleagues held a 9-hour press conference railing against immigration reform.

Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Missouri) talks about her endorsement of the “Ready for Hillary” Super PAC and why she chose to announce her support so early. McCaskill identified Hillary as "by far the strongest, most capable, most qualified candidate" and told the "Morning Joe" panel she received a call from the former Secretary of State after t

The Hufington Post's Howard Fineman and the Washington Post's Eugene Robinson discuss the president's Berlin speech with Chris Matthews (Hardball). 

Texas Gov. Rick Perry discusses immigration reform with the Wall Street Journal. WSJ: Of course, very much on the minds of people in Washington, immigration. And I want to ask you, legalization, what's your position on that? PERRY: Well, it's an interesting conversation they're having in Washington D.C. What they have to focus on, the America

O'Reilly says that he is willing to give up some privacy in order to remain safe from terrorism, but that citizens have a right to know what government does in their name, especially concerning domestic spying.