Displaying items 85-96 of 205
» View wsbt.com items only
< Previous
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11-18
Next >
-
Senate committee OKs bill expanding background checks for gun sales
WASHINGTON — A bill to expand background check requirements for gun sales cleared its first Senate hurdle Tuesday, even though a compromise measure that would attract sufficient bipartisan support in the full chamber remains elusive. The Senate...
Tags: Criminal Laws, Criminals, Mark R. Warner, Chuck Grassley, Politics
-
Can bipartisanship break out over gun control?
In my Sunday column, I wrote that Congress has made little-noticed progress on two kinds of gun-control legislation: a stronger system of background checks on gun buyers and tougher federal laws against gun trafficking. But the column was too brief to...
Tags: U.S. House of Representatives, Politics, Laws, U.S. Congress, Interior Policy
-
'No budget, no pay' advances despite reservations
WASHINGTON (AP) — In an earlier era, a move like the one engineered by House GOP leaders to pass a "no budget, no pay" measure probably would have been stopped in its tracks. But with Congress' approval ratings in the gutter, House lawmakers...
Tags: Violence Against Women Act, Jerrold Nadler, Patty Murray, Tea Party Movement, Politics
-
Too many people who should not have guns do
On the day after the recent massacre at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn., police in Newport Beach, Calif., took a man into custody for allegedly firing more than 50 rounds from a semi-automatic handgun in the parking lot of a shopping mall. He aimed...
Tags: Entertainment, Firearms, The Miami Herald, Mike Huckabee, Politics
-
Rockefeller meeting puts face on domestic violence issue
matthewu@herald-mail.comPatricia Greenlee never thought she would be a victim of domestic violence. She never witnessed a domestic violence in her life. Her parents had been married for 52 years, and she and her four siblings all were college educated. “I always...Tags: Violence Against Women Act, Elections, U.S. Senate, Labor Legislation, John D. Rockefeller IV
-
Many issues discussed at 2013 Legislative Outlook luncheon in Martinsburg
matthewu@herald-mail.comEducation reform, substance abuse treatment, related incarceration costs and state budget cuts were among the most heavily discussed issues at the 2013 Legislative Outlook luncheon at the Holiday Inn in Martinsburg. About 150 people turned out for the...Tags: Regional Authority, Teachers, Herb Snyder, Politics, Executive Branch
-
Washington bitten by the bipartisan bug
After several bitterly partisan battles on fiscal issues, bipartisanship seems to be breaking out on Capitol Hill in two other controversial areas: immigration reform and gun control. While it's too early to know if it will produce significant...Tags: Labor Legislation, Politics, Republican Party, Interior Policy, This Week (tv program)
-
Former Del. Larry V. Faircloth to run for Capito's congressional seat
matthewu@herald-mail.comFormer Del. Larry V. Faircloth, R-Berkeley, announced Wednesday that he will run next year for the congressional seat held by U.S. Rep. Shelley Moore Capito. Faircloth, 64, of Inwood, W.Va., said in a news release that he has been encouraged by...Tags: Elections, John D. Rockefeller IV, David McKinley, Larry V. Faircloth, Politics
-
Slow-walking the gun issue
WASHINGTON -- President Obama says we will change our approach to gun violence -- some other day. Near the site of the massacre in Newtown, Conn., Obama said on Sunday night that he will take action "in the coming weeks" to prevent future carnage -- a...
Tags: White House, Mark R. Warner, MSNBC (tv network), Michael Bloomberg, Meet the Press (tv program)
-
Obama backs Feinstein gun control initiative, aides say
President Obama supports an effort already afoot in the U.S. Senate to renew the expired ban on assault weapons, his spokesman said Tuesday. Obama also plans to back a law to tighten the regulations governing the sale of firearms at gun shows, White...
Tags: White House, Health and Safety at School, Politics, Assault, Interior Policy
-
A search for normality as Newtown schools reopen after massacre
NEWTOWN, Conn. -- Amid increased security, schools reopened here on Tuesday as this town searched for a road back to normality after last week’s massacre at a local elementary school. Funerals for the 20 first-graders and six adults killed...Tags: Firearms, Michael Bloomberg, Adam Lanza, Politics, U.S. Congress
-
Kirk hailed upon return to U.S. Senate
Sen. Mark Kirk's halting, 18-minute climb up the Capitol steps Thursday came nearly a year after a major stroke left him so incapacitated that he was in critical condition for 10 to 15 days and had difficulty keeping his balance while sitting up. Those...
Tags: Mitch McConnell, Iraq War (2003-2011), Bill Foster, Tammy Duckworth, Politics
Mar 12, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Mar 4, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Jan 28, 2013
|Story| Petoskey News
Dec 23, 2012
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Feb 8, 2013
|Story| Herald Mail
Feb 1, 2013
|Story| Herald Mail
Feb 1, 2013
|Story| Aberdeen News
Jan 23, 2013
|Story| Herald Mail
Dec 18, 2012
|Column| Orlando Sentinel
Dec 18, 2012
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Dec 18, 2012
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Jan 3, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Original site for Joe Manchin III topic gallery.