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The weak in review --Timid Senate falters on equally timid gun control measure
Change of SubjectFriday's print column It was dismaying. Not that the U.S. Senate on Wednesday rejected a major gun-control proposal that would have required universal background checks prior to all firearm sales. But that such a proposal, popular though it is in...... -
Boston bombings to dominate Sunday morning shows
Staff writerTHIS POST HAS BEEN UPDATED: Discussion about the Boston Marathon bombings and the suspects will fill the Sunday morning talk shows. A look at the guest list, which has been very fluid this weekend: ABC's "This Week" features Mayor Thomas Menino, D-...Tags: Brad Garrett, Television Industry, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Rudy Giuliani, Woodrow Wilson
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Saturday's TV Highlights: 'Life With La Toya' on OWN
Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of April 21 -27, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies -------------------- SERIES Smash It's opening night in this new...
Tags: Tom Coburn, Jennifer Hudson, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Jean Smart, Interior Policy
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Ag stakeholders reach crucial deal on immigration reform
A bipartisan group of senators known as the “Gang of Eight” seems to have finally figured out how to fix our country's broken immigration system and provide a workable system for workers to legally perform important tasks on farms and ranches year round....Tags: Dianne Feinstein, Politics, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Corporate Officers, Jeff Flake
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Swift, hopeful reaction to immigration bill
WASHINGTON – An eagerly awaited immigration overhaul from a bipartisan group of senators arrived early Wednesday, an 844-page bill that both the political left and right now see as the best chance in decades to achieve fix a broken immigration...
Tags: Harry Reid, Justice System, National Security, Interior Policy, Politics
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The weak in review
It was dismaying. Not that the U.S. Senate on Wednesday rejected a major gun control proposal that would have required universal background checks prior to all firearm sales. But that such a proposal, popular though it is in opinion polling, wasn't...Tags: Prisons, Interior Policy, Politics, National Rifle Association of America, USA Today
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Deal requires ferry to stop ash dumping in two years
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — The nation's last operating coal-fired ferryboat would stop dumping waste ash into Lake Michigan within two years under a deal with federal regulators announced Friday. The agreement between Lake Michigan Carferry,...
Tags: Scott Walker, U.S. Congress, Lakes and Ponds, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Politics
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Boosters want to turn Pullman into national park
A group of Chicago residents and preservationists are working to win federal approval to turn the entire Pullman neighborhood on Chicago's Far South Side into a national park. If approved by Congress or proclaimed a national monument by the president,...
Tags: Melissa Harris, Sales, Pullman, Lincoln, Arts and Culture
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McManus: 'Sequester' causing pain -- to Congress
Think the automatic budget cuts Congress ordered at the beginning of March — the so-called sequester — haven't caused any pain yet? Think again. Judging from the squeals we're hearing from members of Congress whose districts are threatened...
Tags: Budget Control Act of 2011, Jeff Miller, U.S. Congress, Blake Farenthold, Mark R. Warner
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John Boehner on ‘This Week’; Paul Ryan on ‘Face the Nation’
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelHouse Speaker John Boehner speaks at a Thursday press briefing on Capitol Hill. Photo credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images THIS POST HAS BEEN UPDATED: The Sunday morning guest list: House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, talks to Martha Raddatz on ABC's “... -
Obama touts new energy trust at Argonne National Laboratory
With Washington in political gridlock over spending, President Barack Obama traveled Friday to Argonne National Laboratory to announce an energy proposal that would secure money for advanced vehicles by diverting federal revenue from offshore oil and...
Tags: Budget Control Act of 2011, U.S. Congress, U.S. Department of State, Politics, Barack Obama
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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: Washington, DC, George W. Bush, Justice System, Politics, Barack Obama
Apr 18, 2013
| Chicago Tribune
Apr 20, 2013
| Orlando Sentinel
Apr 19, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Apr 19, 2013
|Story| Aberdeen News
Apr 17, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Apr 19, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Mar 25, 2013
|Story| Petoskey News
Mar 10, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Mar 24, 2013
|Column| Los Angeles Times
Mar 15, 2013
| Orlando Sentinel
Mar 16, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Mar 11, 2013
|Story| Petoskey News
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