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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: Richard Blumenthal, Dannel P. Malloy , Crime, Law and Justice, John B. Larson, Personal Weapon Control
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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: 2010 Census, Twitter, Inc., Crime, Law and Justice, Regional Authority, Correspondents (music group)
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The NRA doesn't deserve my sympathy, or yours
Usually when a senator suffers a big public defeat, he slinks off to lick his wounds. He rarely retwists the arms that didn't bend his way. Colleagues don't like to be seen switching. Were they horribly mistaken the first time? Don't know what they...Tags: Wayne LaPierre, National Rifle Association of America, John McCain, Politics, U.S. Congress
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Senate moves to begin debate on gun measures
WASHINGTON -- The Senate may begin voting as soon as Thursday on legislation intended to reduce gun violence, after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) decided Tuesday to initiate the procedural steps required to overcome a threatened filibuster by...
Tags: Shootings, Politics, U.S. Congress, Richard Blumenthal, Mike Johanns
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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: National Rifle Association of America, Personal Weapon Control, Patrick J. Toomey, Interior Policy, Politics
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Allan Powell: Historic judgments need repeated
The sordid results of Senate voting on April 17 reflect clearly the loss of common sense and the courage to stand up to the political clout of the National Rifle Association. When the vote count became public, two thoughts came to mind. First was the word...Tags: National Rifle Association of America, Politics, Lobbying, Attack on Pearl Harbor (1941), Litigation and Regulation
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Stands against the majority opinion
A statewide poll shows that Joe Donnelly and Dan Coats, Indiana's U.S. senators, took stands opposed by a majority of their Hoosier constituents -- one on gay marriage, the other on background checks for gun purchases. The poll was conducted for Howey...
Tags: National Rifle Association of America, Shootings, Family, Politics, Tea Party Movement
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Saturday's TV Highlights: 'Smash' on NBC
Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of April 28 - May 4, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies -------------------- SERIES Fix This Yard The season premiere...
Tags: National Security Agency, The Wall Street Journal, Daniel Stern, Claire McCaskill, CMT (tv network)
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Charlize Theron on 'Fox News Sunday'
Staff writerCharlize Theron puts in an appearance this weekend on "Fox News Sunday." The Oscar-winner is a messenger of peace for the United Nations. She and Michel Sidibé, executive director of UNAIDS, are in the power play segment of the program at 10 a.m. Sunday...Tags: Television Industry, George W. Bush, The Wall Street Journal, Claire McCaskill, Fox News Channel (tv network)
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How a bill becomes slaw -- an autopsy of gun-control legislation in Washington
Change of SubjectWednesday's print column Before we move off the issue of gun control — and it’s dead for now, believe me, for reasons this column will make clear — let’s take a close look at just how something as popular as...... -
An Angry Obama Lashes Out At Senate's Rejection Of Gun Measures
The Hartford CourantAngered by a resounding defeat Wednesday of proposed gun control legislation that grew out of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, President Barack Obama stood outside the White House with parents of murdered Newtown first-graders and vowed: "This...Tags: Richard Blumenthal, Newspaper and Magazine, Dannel P. Malloy , Firearms, Personal Weapon Control
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Post gunfight, Pat Toomey getting back to basics
WASHINGTON — After a dizzying two weeks at the epicenter of an emotionally charged political moment, Sen. Pat Toomey returned to Capitol Hill on Tuesday eager to resume his role as a vocal fiscal conservative critical of the Obama White House. It...Tags: National Rifle Association of America, Politics, U.S. Congress, Primaries, Federal Aviation Administration
May 10, 2013
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May 11, 2013
|Story| Allentown Morning Call
May 10, 2013
|Column| Allentown Morning Call
Apr 9, 2013
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Apr 11, 2013
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Apr 26, 2013
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Apr 28, 2013
|Column| South Bend Tribune
Apr 27, 2013
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Apr 26, 2013
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Apr 23, 2013
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Apr 17, 2013
|Story| Hartford Courant
Apr 23, 2013
|Story| Allentown Morning Call
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