BRIT HUME: The first thing you need to know about today's Senate vote is that it would not cut off debate in the immigration bill itself, only on this so-called 'Border Surge' amendment. There will still be many hours and days of debate left on the bill itself, and it's a good thing too. It's almost always the case that members of Congress vote on

ANN COULTER: It will change the America we live in. It will harm low wage workers the most, the people on the bottom rungs. I think Republicans are the only ones who ever cared about this. I mean, I've always heard liberals tell us, 'Oh, Republicans don't care about poor and black people.' And I never believed it until I saw Marco Rubio's amnesty b

SEN. TED CRUZ (R-TX): We have seen this play before. It is reminiscent of Obamacare, yet another bill that we were told we've got to pass it to find out what's in it. And, unfortunately, it seems, there are some republicans eager to go along with the democrats in the mad rush to pass this bill. In the 2007 immigration debate, close to 50 amendments

CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER: The fact that people don't like the United States is not new. What's new is that these non-likers have no respect for the United States. As Jason indicates, nobody worries or cares about what Obama says because it carries no weight. We heard Jay Carney say, what did he say? 'This would unquestionably have a negative impact

BILL MAHER: Well, not a quick fix. I mean I think we'd start with education but we don't really concentrate on that in this country. We don't have a sense in this country that it's every, it's -- we're all in it together. It's an every man for himself philosophy that governs this country much more than most other western democracies. And that's

JAY CARNEY: The U.S. had been in communication with Hong Kong about the inquiries, and we were in the process of responding to the request when we learned that Hong Kong authorities had allowed the fugitive to leave Hong Kong. With regards to your question about the Chinese government, we are just not buying that this was a technical decision by a

"I don't know of anybody who has a lower opinion of the beltway media generally, of David Gregory specifically, for that matter, Andrew Ross Sorkin, specifically, than I do, and yet it actually is even surprising to me to watch them openly do the dirty work of the U.S. government in essentially suggesting publicly that journalists who report on wha

JAMES CARVILLE: "If Chris Christie were to get Republican nomination, he would be the equivalent of Superman. They’re not going to nominate him. You've got to understand who votes in the Iowa caucuses and South Carolina primaries and stuff. This is a Northeast media fantasy that they're going to nominate Chris Christie. They're not going to even

In an interview on Fox News this morning, U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-TN) discussed the amendment he co-authored with Senator John Hoeven (R-ND), to strengthen security on the nation's southern border. "I understand there are people that may have concerns about the overall bill, but tonight's vote is about [the five triggers in the Hoeven-Corker

SEN. CARDIN (D-MD): Absolutely we'll have a chance to review it; I can't tell you I'll read every word. We've already read a great part of the bill. The changes in the amendment deals mainly with border security issues, and that we will closely scrutinize. (via

JAY CARNEY: "I think as I just said, when it comes to our relations with Hong Kong and China that we see this as a setback in terms of their efforts to build, the Chinese, their efforts to build mutual trust. And our concerns, I think, are pretty clearly stated."

President Obama meets with CEOs, business owners and entrepreneurs, to discuss the importance of commonsense immigration reform. PRESIDENT OBAMA: The good news is, is that we've got a strong bipartisan bill that meets many of those principles. As I've said before, it's not a bill that represents everything that I would like to see;

FOX News: President Obama's decline and does GOP candidate Gabriel Gomez have a chance to win Massachusetts' Senate race? Doug Schoen, Pat Caddell and John LeBoutillier discuss

REP. PAUL RYAN (R-WIS.): "At the end of the day, if everybody else in line who came here legally and did everything right is through the system and a person then, after an exhaustive period -- after a probationary period, after a green card, not consuming any government benefits -- wants to get in line like everybody else for citizenship, we shoul

A prosecutor used strong language as he opened his case against George Zimmerman. The neighborhood watch volunteer's attorney said the deadly shooting of a Miami-area teen was carried out in self-defense. (June 24)