Why are opponents of President Obama's new deportation amnesty so determined to block it? One reason is that it would permit as many as 4 million illegal immigrants to get Social Security numbers, making many of them eligible for tax refunds, even on previous returns.

When was the last time Hillary Clinton was in Washington? It might have been the same time as Benjamin Netanyahu's last visit. It's ironic that the former secretary of state and the Israeli prime minister were both scheduled to be in the nation's capital on the same date this week.

House Democrats believe Speaker John Boehner will bring a "clean" Homeland Security funding bill to the floor this week and some of Boehner's fellow Republicans are making noises about forcing their leader to step down. When did a clean bill become a dirty trick?