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WASHINGTON (AP) ? The House and its conservative majority are coming under pressure to act after the Senate passed a landmark immigration bill opening the door to U.S. citizenship to millions while pouring billions of dollars into securing the border with Mexico.
President Barack Obama, traveling in Africa, called Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., to urge them to have the House act on the issue and emphasize it's a priority for him, the White House said Friday.
But the bill's prospects are highly uncertain in the Republican-led House, where conservatives generally oppose citizenship for immigrants living in the country unlawfully. Many also prefer a step-by-step approach rather than a comprehensive bill like the legislation the Senate passed Thursday on a bipartisan vote of 68-32.
"Today, the Senate did its job. It's now up to the House to do the same," Obama said in a statement. "As this process moves forward, I urge everyone who cares about this issue to keep a watchful eye. Now is the time when opponents will try their hardest to pull this bipartisan effort apart so they can stop common-sense reform from becoming a reality. We cannot let that happen."
Members of the Senate's so-called Gang of Eight, the senators who drafted the bill and hoped a resounding vote total would pressure the House, echoed the plea.
"To our friends in the House, we ask for your consideration and we stand ready to sit down and negotiate with you," Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said. "You may have different views on different aspects of this issue, but all of us share the same goal, and that is to take 11 million people out of the shadows, secure our borders and make sure that this is the nation of opportunity and freedom."
At a news conference, House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, made clear the House would not simply take up the Senate bill as some Democrats and outside advocates are calling for, but would chart its own legislation with a focus on border security. How exactly Boehner will proceed remained unclear, but the speaker has called a special meeting of his majority Republicans for July 10 to go over options.
"The House is not going to take up and vote on whatever the Senate passes. We're going to do our own bill," Boehner said. "It'll be legislation that reflects the will of our majority and the will of the American people."
At a panel discussion Friday hosted by Bloomberg Government and the National Restaurant Association, Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Fla., rejected the notion that House Republicans would feel any pressure to act just because the Senate had done so.
"If anybody thinks that because there's a Senate bill the House members will feel pressure, that's just not true," said Diaz-Balart, who's involved in a faltering bipartisan effort in the House to craft a comprehensive bill. He said the pressure would come because lawmakers recognize the system is broken and in need of repair.
The bill passed by the Senate devotes $46 billion to border security improvements, including calling for a doubling of the border patrol stationed on the U.S.-Mexico border and the completion of 700 miles of fencing ? changes added at the last minute to attract Republican support. No one would be able to get a permanent resident green card until those border enhancements and others were in place.
The bill also makes it mandatory for employers to check their workers' legal status, sets up new visa programs to allow workers into the country and establishes new tracking systems at seaports and airports to keep better tabs on people entering and leaving the country.
At its contentious core, though, is a 13-year path to citizenship for the 11 million immigrants living in this country illegally.
Without such a provision, senators say the legislation could not pass the Senate. With it, its prospects are difficult in the House.
Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., predicted that the House might end up having to pass the Senate bill after failing to find any other avenue forward and feeling pressure from the public to act.
But that approach is strongly opposed by many conservatives. Boehner also dismissed the idea of relying on Democratic votes instead of a majority of his Republicans to pass an immigration bill.
At the same time Boehner said he hopes the bill will be bipartisan, and he encouraged a House group of four Democrats and three Republicans trying to forge a compromise to continue their efforts.
He offered no details on how a House bill could be both bipartisan and supported by more than half of his own rank and file, given that most of the single-issue immigration bills that have moved through the House Judiciary Committee recently did so on party-line votes over the protests of Democrats. None envisions legal status for immigrants now here illegally.
Speaking alongside Diaz-Balart Friday, Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., a top Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, dismissed the bills passed by her committee so far as "a series of small-bore, partisan bills that are in some cases bizarre."
Boehner declined to say whether there were circumstances under which he could support a pathway to citizenship, but he made clear that securing the border was a priority.
"People have to have confidence that the border is secure before anything else is really going to work. Otherwise, we repeat the mistakes of 1986," he said, referring to the last time Congress overhauled the immigration system.
One option could be to bring up one or more of four narrowly focused immigration bills approved by the Judiciary Committee this week and last, hoping to pass it and use it as a vehicle for House members to enter into negotiations with senators on a merged bill in the fall or winter.
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Associated Press writers Donna Cassata and Jim Kuhnhenn contributed to this report.
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Today during Microsoft's 2013 edition of Build, Rhapsody announced that it's releasing a version of its music app designed for the Windows 8 operating system. As you might expect, the Win8 variant will bring many of the same features found on its iOS and Android counterparts, including the ability for subscribers to create playlists and stream / download songs from Rhapsody's ample library of tunes. There will be some tidbits tailored specifically for Redmond's OS, however, such as a Snap Mode for simple multitasking and an option that allows tracks to be pinned to the Metro-style home screen. The company told us the application will hit the Windows store shortly, so we'll be sure to update this post as soon as we have a link to the download.
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Despite court battles, Aereo is on a roll. The startup just announced its streaming TV service will hit Chicagoland September 13. This comes just a month after the company announced its Atlanta launch details. Once Chicago is online, Aereo will be live in four of the country's biggest cities, serving up network television to over 12 million Americans.Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/BKdVtgGoNEg/
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Not long ago, the thought of a budget monitor conjured up images of bland designs and cheap TN (twisted nematic) panels with oversaturated colors and poor viewing angles. Not anymore. The advent of inexpensive IPS technology has allowed manufacturers to produce budget-class monitors that actually deliver good color, wide viewing angles, and much better grayscale reproduction than ever before. One such monitor, the AOC i2367FH, is a shining example of today's low-cost monitor offerings. This 23-inch IPS monitor not only performs like a champ but it looks much more expensive than its price tag would indicate, which is why it is our newest Editors' Choice for budget monitors.
Design and Features
The i2367fh sports the same sleek look as its bigger brother, the AOC i2757fh. There are no top and side bezels to speak of save for a thin 2mm (0.07 of an inch) strip of glossy black plastic around the top and sides that holds the 23-inch panel in place. Along the bottom edge is a 0.75-inch strip of brushed metal with a shiny AOC logo in the center. The rear of the cabinet is done up in a glossy black finish on the bottom and a lightly textured matte black finish on the top.
The panel has a 1,920-by-1,080 resolution and as such can display true high definition (1080p) content. It has a matte anti-glare coating that is non-reflective and doesn't showcase fingerprints and other smudges. The eight-pound cabinet is supported by a rectangular base with the same brushed metal finish as the lower bezel. You can tilt the panel forward five degrees and backward 23-degrees but you can't swivel it or adjust the height.
There are two HDMI inputs and a VGA (analog) input at the rear of the cabinet facing outward, which makes it easy to plug and unplug cables. There's also an audio input and a headphone jack back there. You won't find any USB ports on this model, nor is there a webcam. The two-watt speakers are reasonably loud but way too trebly to be cranked all the way up. You won't find any function buttons on the lower bezel; instead, the five keys are on the back of the cabinet on the right side, which makes adjusting picture settings a bit awkward. In addition to a power switch there are Menu, Volume, Source Select, and Eco hot keys that are also used for navigating the OSD (on screen display).
As with previous models, AOC calls their preset picture modes Eco modes, which can be confusing. In fact, the i2367fh does not offer a built-in Eco (power saving) feature, other than an off timer and a power management software utility. You get six picture presets; Standard, Text, Internet, Game, Movie, and Sports. Other picture settings include Brightness, Contrast, Gamma, DCR (Dynamic Contrast Ratio), and Overdrive, which lets you adjust pixel response if you're experiencing motion artifacts. This monitor also offers color temperature settings and AOC's DCB (Dynamic Color Boost) technology that can be used to punch up colors. I'd suggest leaving this feature disabled as colors appear too bright and oversaturated.
The i2367fh comes with a three-year warranty as well as a resource CD, an audio cable, and a VGA cable. HDMI cables are not included in the box.
Performance
The i236fh performed surprisingly well for a budget monitor. Colors had that IPS richness and were fairly accurate out of the box. As is the case with most desktop displays, greens ran a little dark but not to the point where they caused grayscale or flesh tone tinting.
Although the panel did a good job of displaying all shades of gray from dark to light, the swatches were not as well defined as what you get from a more expensive IPS panel, such as the one used on the NEC PA301W. Viewing angle performance was excellent; there was no color shifting and the picture remained bright from every angle.
The i2367fh handled fast motion video with aplomb, thanks to a five-millisecond (black-to-white) pixel response. Burnout Paradise, a fast-moving street racing game for the PS3, played smoothly without lag or motion artifacts. Likewise, the Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest on Blu-ray looked superb; the panel delivered good shadow detail and inky blacks.
The i2367fh used 27 watts of power during testing, which is decent but not what you would call highly energy efficient. Although it used less than the AOC i2353ph (31 watts) it couldn't match the Acer T232HL, which used 26 watts in standard mode but only 18 watts in Eco mode.
Conclusion
The AOC i2367fh may be short on features but it delivers very good color and grayscale performance for a $180 monitor. Dual HDMI ports make it easy to connect to things like external optical drives, gaming consoles, and set top boxes, and the IPS panel's wide viewing angles means you can enjoy rich, robust colors no matter where you sit. Solid performance, a stylish cabinet, and a very reasonable price tag make the AOC i2367fh a shoo-in as our newest Editors' Choice for budget monitors.
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