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Senate committee approves gun trafficking bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Judiciary Committee approved legislation Thursday making gun trafficking a federal crime as lawmakers cast the first vote in Congress to curb firearms since December's horrific shootings at a Connecticut elementary...
Tags: Patrick Leahy, Elections, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Tom Coburn, Michael Bloomberg
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School resumes for Newtown students as new details surface in investigation
(CNN) -- Across this devastated town, students returned to schools Tuesday, marking the beginning of a new reality. With their sense of normalcy shattered after last week's massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary, students at other schools are seeing more...Tags: Shootings, Lobbying, Elections, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Criminal Laws
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Ex-Sen. Bayh keeps options open for his future
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Former U.S. Sen. Evan Bayh is keeping his options open for his future as he holds onto about $10 million in campaign money. Bayh, who left the Senate two years ago, has no publicly stated plans for using that cash beyond...
Tags: Elections, Democratic Party, Tea Party Movement, U.S. Army, Joe Donnelly
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NRA says Congress will not pass weapons ban
WASHINGTON (AP) — The powerful gun lobby is gauging enough support in Congress to block a law that would ban assault weapons, despite promises from the White House and senior lawmakers to make such a measure a reality. Senators plan to introduce a...
Tags: Weaponry, Elections, Lobbying, Substance Abuse, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Donnelly skips convention, campaigns in Indiana
South Bend TribuneThe Democratic National Convention began Tuesday, but the party's Indiana Senate candidate isn't joining his colleagues in Charlotte, N.C. U.S. Rep. Joe Donnelly, D-Granger, thought it was more important to spend the week in the state where he's trying...Tags: Claire McCaskill, Democratic Party, Elections, 2012 Republican National Convention, Labor Day
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Obama 'actively supportive' of assault weapons ban
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says President Barack Obama is "actively supportive" of efforts on Capitol Hill to reinstate an assault weapons ban. Obama has long backed the ban, but has failed to push for it throughout his first term. Sen....
Tags: Jay Carney, Personal Weapon Control, Interior Policy, Assault, Dianne Feinstein
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Arizona tragedy gives Congress a moment to pause
WASHINGTON (AP) — The shooting rampage in Arizona seems to have created a reset moment for confrontational politics, as lawmakers reflect on the repercussions of the overheated rhetoric traded on the airwaves and on the campaign trail. Members...Tags: John Larson, Arts and Culture, Literature, Elections, Nancy Pelosi
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From Casey, a box of Godiva
Pennsylvania Ave.It may arguably be the chocolate of the 1 percent, but we're sure New Mexico Democrat Tom Udall enjoyed it all the same. It was a gift after all. A gift from Pennsylvania's Bob Casey. Monday evening between votes, a...... -
Mayors Against Illegal Guns targets first Democrat
The Michael Bloomberg-backed group Mayors Against Illegal Guns is following up on its promise to hound Senate Democrats who voted against gun control legislation in April. In an ad that launched Friday, Sen. Mark Pryor (D-Ark.) is implored by a...
Tags: Interior Policy, Personal Weapon Control, Patrick J. Toomey, New York City, Democratic Party
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Coats defends his vote on guns
Although polls nationwide and in Indiana show overwhelming support for tightening background checks for gun purchases,Sen. Dan Coats, Indiana's Republican senior senator, voted "no." He says most constituents who contacted him wanted him to do just that....
Tags: Interior Policy, Personal Weapon Control, National Rifle Association of America, Patrick J. Toomey, Public Finance
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How could 31 Senators vote against debating expanded background checks?
How could it be that even a single U.S. senator — no matter how opposed to gun control — could vote to hold up consideration of a proposal to require background checks for gun purchases? This is an idea not only embraced by something in the...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Gun Control, Personal Weapon Control, Interior Policy, National Rifle Association of America
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House Democrats Lead New Gun Control Effort
The Hartford CourantThe leader of gun-violence prevention efforts in the U.S. House of Representatives was in Connecticut on Friday to help Democrats execute their new strategy: Demonstrate enough support in the lower chamber to compel the U.S. Senate to revisit the bill...Tags: Shootings, Nancy Pelosi, Elections, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Dannel P. Malloy
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