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Albert Hunt: Senate friendship born of tragedy beats partisanship
These days, most dispatches from Washington focus on petty partisanship, posturing, impasses and a political culture that rewards confrontation. Here's a respite: a story of kindness, comity, generosity reaching across the political divide. It's about...Tags: Barack Obama, Crime, Law and Justice, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), John Shimkus, Politics
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Obama: Senate gun vote marks 'shameful day in Washington'
WASHINGTON -- President Obama declared it a “shameful day for Washington” on Wednesday after the Senate defeated an effort to expand background checks for people trying to purchase guns. Standing in the White House's Rose Garden with...
Tags: White House, U.S. Senate, Barack Obama, Crime, Law and Justice, Lobbying
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Latest Michigan news, sports, business and entertainment
BIDEN Biden says response to tragedies 'incredible' DETROIT (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden says the way people have reacted to the Boston Marathon bombings and Texas fertilizer plant explosion has been incredible. Biden told Michigan Democrats...Tags: Sex Crimes, Parties and Movements, Politics, Beets, Michigan State University
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Courage in short supply
WASHINGTON -- The gun bill was going down, but Sen. Joe Manchin, the West Virginia Democrat who reached a compromise to try to save it, went to the Senate floor Wednesday morning to give it one more try. In an unorthodox tactic, he appealed directly...
Tags: Harry Reid, Parties and Movements, Lobbying, John McCain, Politics
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Senate rejects gun background check measure
WASHINGTON — Gun control advocates had told themselves this time would be different. It wasn't. The two-decade deadlock that has gripped congressional efforts to act on gun control continued Wednesday as a measure to require more gun buyers to...
Tags: Wayne LaPierre, Assault, Harry Reid, Barack Obama, Weaponry
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Senate blocks expanded gun sale background checks
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans, backed by a small band of rural-state Democrats, turned away legislation Wednesday to tighten restrictions on the sale of firearms, rejecting repeated appeals from President Barack Obama and personal pleas by...Tags: Harry Reid, Barack Obama, Rand Paul, Lobbying, Washington, DC
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New state law aims to help veterans land jobs
First lady Michelle Obama came to Annapolis on Wednesday to praise a new Maryland law, saying it sets a national standard for removing barriers for veterans in transition to the civilian workforce. The legislation — unanimously approved by the...
Tags: White House, Crime, Law and Justice, Labor Markets, Career and Workplace, Politics
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Senate showdown set on gun control
WASHINGTON — After four months of debate and maneuvering, the Senate headed for a showdown over gun control — a series of back-to-back votes on rival plans Wednesday afternoon that could end in the collapse of the entire effort. The...
Tags: Harry Reid, Barack Obama, Civil Rights, Bill Nelson, Chris Murphy
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Background checks measure faces defeat, sponsor says
WASHINGTON -- The lead author of a compromise plan to expand background checks, seen as the centerpiece of larger gun legislation before the Senate, all but conceded Wednesday that there won't be the votes needed to adopt it. During an appearance on...
Tags: Federal Gun Control Legislation (2013), Chuck Grassley, National Rifle Association of America, MSNBC (tv network), Politics
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McManus: Let's talk GOP and fantasy politics
Almost four years ago, long before the 2012 presidential campaign heated up, CNN took a poll to learn who Republicans might choose as their party's next nominee. There were two clear front-runners: former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and former Arkansas Gov....
Tags: Rand Paul, Bob Dole, Political Candidates, Scott Walker, Democratic Party
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Gun background-check supporters struggle for votes
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate gun control supporters struggled Tuesday to salvage their drive to expand background checks to more buyers, buoyed by a visit from wounded former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords but facing enough potential opponents to derail...
Tags: Assault, Today (tv program), Barack Obama, Parties and Movements, John Cornyn
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Gun-control plan several votes short in Senate
This post has been corrected and updated as indicated below.WASHINGTON -- A Senate plan to expand the background-check requirement for gun purchases faced a narrowing path to success Tuesday, as advocates for stricter laws sought to scrape together the last few votes they need from among a dwindling number of...Tags: Harry Reid, Bill Nelson, Chris Murphy, Parties and Movements, Lobbying
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