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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: Elections, Interior Policy, U.S. Senate, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Politics
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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: Elections, Laws, Rick Perry, Interior Policy, Medical Procedures and Tests
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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: Elections, Interior Policy, This Week (tv program), Politics, Assault
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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: Interior Policy, Dianne Feinstein, Barack Obama, Personal Weapon Control, Jay Carney
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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, Joe Donnelly, U.S. Senate, Richard Mourdock, Federal Election Commission
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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: Elections, Richard Mourdock, Jon Tester, Joe Donnelly, Republican Party
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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: Elections, University of Pennsylvania, Laws, Satellite and Cable Service, Sarah Palin
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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: Elections, Laws, Interior Policy, U.S. Senate, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut)
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Obama, lawmakers denounce IRS for targeting conservative groups
WASHINGTON – President Obama on Monday condemned the targeting of conservative groups by the Internal Revenue Service and vowed to punish anyone who may have taken part in it, as senators called for top IRS officials to resign and congressional...
Tags: Taxation, U.S. Senate, Republican Party, Politics, Marco Rubio
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Gun control backers turn up heat on selected senators
WASHINGTON — First came the letter-writing campaigns, then the protests at town hall meetings and now the television ads. The last several weeks in New Hampshire have had the feel of a heated electoral season — but the target of this siege,...
Tags: Elections, Interior Policy, Organizing for Action, Lobbying, Harry Reid
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Obama slams IRS actions, calls Benghazi probe a 'sideshow'
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Monday called the targeting of conservative groups by U.S. tax officials "outrageous" and said that any Internal Revenue Service employees involved would be held accountable. Obama's comments, during a...Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means, Elections, Taxation, Benghazi
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Politics as usual
Bloomberg gun control group thanks Toomey A gun control advocacy group backed by New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg began airing a TV ad Thursday that thanks U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey for his work on strengthening background checks. The Mayors Against ...Tags: Elections, Interior Policy, U.S. Senate, U.S. Embassy, Correspondents (music group)
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