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Senate Democrats, GOP to stage votes on rival cuts
WASHINGTON (AP) — Across-the-board spending cuts all but certain, Republicans and Democrats in the Senate are staging a politically charged showdown designed to avoid public blame for any resulting inconvenience or disruption in government services....Tags: Washington, DC, Tom Harkin, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, U.S. Senate, FBI
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Senate committee OKs bill expanding background checks for gun sales
WASHINGTON — A bill to expand background check requirements for gun sales cleared its first Senate hurdle Tuesday, even though a compromise measure that would attract sufficient bipartisan support in the full chamber remains elusive. The Senate...
Tags: Theft, Gun Control, Criminal Laws, Patrick Leahy, Justice System
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Senators hush-hush as they craft immigration bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — The eight senators meet in private several times a week, alternating between Sen. John McCain's and Sen. Charles Schumer's offices. They sit in arm chairs arranged in a circle and sip water or soft drinks as they debate temporary...
Tags: Primaries, Immigration, Michael F. Bennet, Washington, DC, Career and Workplace
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Tom Coburn's campaign against government waste
Republican Senator Tom Coburn of Oklahoma is a real-life Murray Blum. Blum, played by Charles Grodin, is the president's accountant in the comedy "Dave," which I think of every time we have one of these spending dramas in Washington. In my favorite scene...Tags: Gun Control, Elizabeth Warren, Kevin Kline, U.S. Senate, Science and Technology
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Column: Do-nothing Congress does something
OK, so Congress hasn't managed to pass a budget, fix the tax code or avert the automatic spending cuts of the dreaded "sequester." Are they getting anything done on Capitol Hill? Yes, and you'll probably be surprised to hear where progress is being...Tags: Gun Control, Justice System, Assault, Criminals, Crime, Law and Justice
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New Senate gun measure unveiled, and this one's bipartisan
WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of senators unveiled a new measure Monday to combat illegal gun trafficking, a sign of momentum for one element of President Obama’s initiative to reduce gun violence. The primary focus of the bill is to combat...
Tags: Los Angeles Times Journalists, Gun Control, Washington, DC, Patrick Leahy, Justice System
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COLUMN: Do-nothing Congress does something
OK, so Congress hasn’t managed to pass a budget, fix the tax code or avert the automatic spending cuts of the dreaded "sequester." Are they getting anything done on Capitol Hill? Yes, and you’ll probably be surprised to hear where progress...Tags: Gun Control, Justice System, Ronald Reagan, Assault, Criminals
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Can bipartisanship break out over gun control?
In my Sunday column, I wrote that Congress has made little-noticed progress on two kinds of gun-control legislation: a stronger system of background checks on gun buyers and tougher federal laws against gun trafficking. But the column was too brief to...
Tags: U.S. House of Representatives, Gun Control, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Senate
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Straight-FORWARD: President Obama and the Senate’s New Legislative Strategy
Orlando Opinionators - Orlando SentinelLast Monday the so-called “Gang of Eight”, a bi-partisan coalition of senior level Republican and Democratic senators led by Chuck Schumer (D,NY) and Marco Rubio (R,FL), unveiled their outline for comprehensive immigration reform. Not to be... -
South Dakota bison on the president's menu
WASHINGTON -- South Dakota bison will be on the menu when congressional leaders entertain President Barack Obama and his family at a post-inaugural luncheon on Jan. 21. They will be served a farm-to-table menu celebrating the inaugural theme, "Faith in...Tags: Endangered Species, Beets, Tim Johnson, Washington, DC, NATO Summit
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Column: Some questions for Hagel
Senate hearings on the nomination of Chuck Hagel to be defense secretary will be a distinctive Washington entertainment, a donnybrook without drama. He should be confirmed: Presidents are due substantial deference in selecting Cabinet members because they...Tags: Washington, DC, Hamas, European Union, Terrorism, Lyndon B. Johnson
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Organizing for Action targets GOP lawmakers in first ad buy
WASHINGTON -- Four California Republican House members are among 13 GOP legislators being targeted by a pro-Obama advocacy group in a new online ad campaign urging them to back a more robust background check system for gun sales. Reps. Jeff Denham,...
Tags: Gun Control, Online Advertising, Barack Obama, Susan Collins, Online Media Industry
Feb 28, 2013
|Story| Petoskey News
Mar 12, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Mar 11, 2013
|Story| Petoskey News
Mar 7, 2013
|Column| Allentown Morning Call
Mar 5, 2013
|Story| Aberdeen News
Mar 4, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Mar 4, 2013
|Story| Aberdeen News
Mar 4, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Feb 15, 2013
| Orlando Sentinel
Jan 18, 2013
|Story| Aberdeen News
Jan 16, 2013
|Story| Aberdeen News
Feb 22, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
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