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New effort to increase visas for tech workers as high as 300,000

The tech industry, one of the most powerful players in the immigration debate, threw down its marker Tuesday with a bipartisan stand-alone bill to increase H-1B visas for skilled workers from 65,000 to 115,000 with an escalator that could bring total visas to 300,000 a year. Silicon Valley has been chafing under H-1B caps since […]

Did CIA “mislead” filmmaker of “Zero Dark Thirty” — Questions from Feinstein, Intel committee (VIDEO)

Saying that they’re concerned that the CIA may have “misled” filmmakers, U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) is leading a trio of lawmakers in asking acting CIA director Michael Morell to answer questions about the making of the highly acclaimed movie, “Zero Dark Thirty.” Feinstein, along with , Senate Armed Service Committee Chairman Carl […]

Feinstein, McCain protest “Zero Dark Thirty” film depicting CIA torture (VIDEO)

Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Dianne Feinstein of California is among a trio of lawmakers expressing outrage at film “Zero Dark Thirty” — a strong 2012 Oscar contender — and its fictionalized depiction of the CIA’s hunt for Osama bin Laden. Feinstein was joined Wednesday by Senate Armed Service Committee Chairman Carl Levin, D-Mich. and Senate […]