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Progress Illinois: Durbin, Gutierrez Decry Republican Legislation To Defund Immigration Programs
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL,4) on Friday decried legislation passed in the GOP-led House this week that would block President Barack Obama #39;s recent executive...

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Mike Huckabee Kicks Off Republican Primary: #39;Jay-Z is Pimping Out Beyonce #39;
Mike Huckabee, whom just recently left Fox News to run for President, has officially kicked off the 2016 Republican Primary by claiming Jay-Z is just pimping out his wife Beyonce Filling...

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Weekly Republican Address: Rep. Steve Russell (R-OK)
Delivering this week #39;s Republican address, Rep. Steve Russell (R-OK) highlights the new Congress #39;s work to restore truly representative government that puts the people #39;s priorities ...

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"We've all had an opportunity to get to know each other a little better," House Speaker John Boehner said of this week's Republican retreat in Hershey, Pa. Juana Summers/NPR hide caption

"We've all had an opportunity to get to know each other a little better," House Speaker John Boehner said of this week's Republican retreat in Hershey, Pa.

Republican lawmakers of the House and Senate emerged from a rare joint retreat in Hershey, Pa., a town known best for its chocolate, with little to show for it.

Unlike last year's House retreat where lawmakers unveiled their principles for an overhaul of the nation's immigration overhauls, there was little grand takeaway.

"The most positive thing is we've got a group of new Republican members in the Senate, a group of new Republican members in the House, and we've all had an opportunity to get to know each other a little better," House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, told reporters at a press conference Thursday, standing alongside Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.

That much seemed to be true in conversations with nearly a dozen Republican lawmakers, each pointed to the opportunity to talk with members of the opposite chamber and hear their views.

But for all the talking, Republicans remain divided on how to best move forward to fund the Department of Homeland Security, a bill that has become inextricably linked with immigration.

The bill that passed the House earlier this week would roll back some of President Obama's actions on immigration and drew the opposition of even some moderate House Republicans like Rep. Jeff Denham, R-Calif.

Denham said that while President Obama had put "hurdles" in Congress' way, the bill that the House voted "sets us back on immigration reform" and "sends a mixed message to the American public."

"I think that by adding the deferred action amendment in here, it goes back to a situation where we've got kids that through no fault of their own ... now are going to be at the top of the list for ICE [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] to deport if this were to become law," he said. "I think that sends the wrong message to the American public about what our overall goals for reform are."

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Republican Lawmakers Retreat Great For Face Time, But Divisions Remain

TIME Politics 2016 Election CNN's Wolf Blitzer speaks to the audience at the Republican presidential candidates debate in Jacksonville, Fla., Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) Paul SancyaASSOCIATED PRESS

Get ready: The first Republican primary debate is just eight months away, the Republican National Committee announced Friday, along with the calendar for the first nine debates of the 2016 cycle.

Republican candidates participated in more than 20 debates in the 2012 election cycle, which the national party credited with weakening eventual Republican nominee Mitt Romney. After conversations with media partners and candidates, the party announced that it has decided on 12 debates for the 2016 cycle, the first in August in Ohio, likely in Cleveland, where the party will host its national convention on July 18-21, 2016.

After the first debate, the RNC is planning on one debate each month through January. After the Iowa Caucuses, the RNC plans for three more debates in February, with two more in March.

This schedule ensures we will have a robust discussion among our candidates while also allowing the candidates to focus their time engaging with Republican voters, RNC chairman Reince Priebus said in a statement. It is exciting that Republicans will have such a large bench of candidates to choose from, and the sanctioned debate process ensures voters will have a chance to gain a chance to hear them.

Under RNC rules adopted last year, Republican candidates will only be allowed to participate in the RNC-sanctioned debates if they forswear attending unsanctioned ones, ensuring there wont be a repeat of the 2012 process.

RNC Communications Director Sean Spicer, who has coordinated the effort for the RNC, said precise dates for the debates will be announced in due time, once negotiations with venues are completed. Spicer said that Republican candidates have been huge champions of the effort to curtail the frequency of debates, which require candidates to take time off the trail fundraising and meeting voters in order to prepare.

Spicer said the networks will have final say on the eligibility criteria for each debate, expected to be key factor with an expected crowded field of candidates, but said that the RNC stressed that the viability threshold for later debates will be tougher than those earlier in the process.

Spicer told reporters there would be conservative media partners and panelists for the debates, but said networks would retain editorial control over them. He wouldnt say whether conservative media participation was a prerequisite for hosting a debate, but said it was always the plan that an element of conservatism be brought into these debates in some shape or form.

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First Republican Presidential Debate Will Be in August