The Senate Judiciary Committee passed a sweeping reworking of immigration laws on Tuesday evening, giving a bipartisan bill its first formal stamp of approval in Congress. The following is President Barack Obama's statement on the bill's passage.

President Obama?s pick for commerce secretary,Penny Pritzker, got a boost Tuesday from two Republican senators.

Senate investigators on Tuesday described Apple Inc.?s tax practices as ?outrageous,? an ?absurdity? and akin to ?alchemy.? And what about Apple?s iPhones? ?I?ve got one right here,? declared Sen. Carl Levin, waving the ubiquitous device. ?It?s a terrific instrument.?

Former commissioner Douglas Shulman didn't offer an apology during his Senate hearing ? even though senators kept pressing him.

Several Republican senators said that the cost of any emergency aid bill crafted to provide aid to people affected by the enormous tornado that touched down in Oklahoma Monday must be offset by cuts elsewhere to the federal budget to defray costs to the taxpayer.

President Obama has faith in his chief lawyer and agrees with her decision not to inform him of a pending report on the Internal Revenue Service?s improper targeting of conservative groups, White House press secretary Jay Carney said Tuesday.

Protesters at the federal building in Cincinnati denounced the IRS.

House Speaker Boehner said Tuesday that lawmakers would work with the Obama administration to get Oklahomans disaster aid.

Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew first learned of an audit into the Internal Revenue Service in mid-March but didn't see specific details of an inspector general's report into the targeting of conservative groups until last week, he told U.S. Senate lawmakers on Tuesday.

President Obama promised all necessary aid to help Oklahoma after Tuesday's tornadoes.