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Assault weapons ban loses round
Tribune Washington BureauWASHINGTON — To advance a cause that has defined her political career, Sen. Dianne Feinstein brought the father of a child killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School to Capitol Hill, where he talked about the last time he saw his first-grader alive. She...Tags: National Rifle Association of America, Interior Policy, Lifestyle and Leisure, Justice and Rights, U.S. Congress
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Assault weapons ban to be dropped from Senate gun bill
WASHINGTON – An assault weapons ban will not be included in a package of gun safety legislation that will come to the Senate floor, the measure’s champion, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, said Tuesday. The California Democrat said her party’s...
Tags: National Rifle Association of America, Interior Policy, Republican Party, Crime, Law and Justice, Gun Control
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Letters: Guns and homicides
Re "Assault weapons ban advances," March 15 In supporting her bill to ban assault weapons, Sen. Dianne Feinstein recounts her experience as a San Francisco supervisor in 1978 with the senseless slayings of her colleagues Harvey Milk and Mayor George...Tags: Interior Policy, Weaponry, Murder, Politics, Assault
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Sens. Ted Cruz and Dianne Feinstein face off on gun control
Freshman Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), a tea party darling, evidently is so proud of his exchange with Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) during the Senate Judiciary Committee's session Thursday, he posted a video of it on YouTube. At issue was the...
Tags: Interior Policy, Firearms, Ted Cruz, U.S. Congress, Crime, Law and Justice
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Senate committee approves assault weapons ban
WASHINGTON — A federal ban on assault weapons cleared a Democratic-run Senate committee Thursday in a party-line vote after its chief sponsor, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) clashed with Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) over the 2nd Amendment. “I&...
Tags: Interior Policy, Ted Cruz, Crime, Law and Justice, Gun Control, Personal Weapon Control
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4 million assault weapons in America: That should be enough
Let’s just be clear: No regular American needs an assault weapon for home defense. So why is there so much resistance on this? On Thursday, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved a ban -- introduced by California Democrat Dianne Feinstein -- on...
Tags: Interior Policy, Crime, Law and Justice, Gun Control, Personal Weapon Control, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Senate debate over drones divides Republican Party
WASHINGTON -- A sudden debate over the potential use of unmanned drones against terrorist suspects in the United States touched off a power struggle within the Republican Party on Thursday, even as the Senate confirmed President Obama’s CIA...Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, U.S. Congress, Washington, DC, Television Industry, Barack Obama
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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: National Rifle Association of America, Criminal Laws, Interior Policy, Republican Party, Theft
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Pro-gun voters put heat on Democratic senators
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Max Baucus has been here before. Back during the Clinton era, the Democrat faced a choice: support an assault weapons ban urged by a president from his own party and risk angering constituents who cherish their gun...
Tags: Interior Policy, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Gun Control, Mitt Romney, Barack Obama
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Terrorism and the war at home
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) waged a 13-hour filibuster on the Senate floor this week in a futile effort to set clear limits on the administration's use of covert military force. Specifically, Paul wanted the administration to concede that it couldn't legally...
Tags: Government, U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Terrorism, John O. Brennan, National Government
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Bill Rosendahl, happy warrior
Robert Kennedy was a young Bill Rosendahl's hope for the White House, but Kennedy's rival, Hubert Humphrey, practiced the "happy warrior" style of politics that represents the principles Rosendahl has embraced. As he leaves the Los Angeles City Council...
Tags: Local Elections, U.S. Department of State, Television, U.S. Congress, Crime, Law and Justice
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Senate committee approves John Brennan's nomination as CIA director
WASHINGTON -- The Senate Intelligence Committee voted 12 to 3 on Tuesday to approve John Brennan's as the next CIA director, ending weeks of delay and setting the stage for the full Senate to vote on Brennan's nomination later this week. The committee...
Tags: U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Terrorism, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, John O. Brennan
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