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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: Joe Manchin III, Federal Gun Control Legislation (2013), Joe Biden, Patrick J. Toomey, Elections
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Rubio has dinner at the White House
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelBy William E. Gibson, Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, one of President Obama’s most persistent critics, joined him for dinner at the White House on Wednesday night to talk immigration, the budget and a wide range of other... -
Obama and GOP senators discuss issues over dinner
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama hosted Republican senators at the White House Wednesday evening, with dinner conversation including the deficit, gun control and immigration. A White House official characterized their discussion over steak...
Tags: John Boozman, Gun Control, Republican Party, Orrin Hatch, Interior Policy
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Newtown Families Make Their Case In Washington
The Hartford CourantWASHINGTON — At the end of an emotional day of deeply personal meetings with senators Wednesday, families of victims of the Newtown school massacre sat down for a public conversation with Sen. Joe Manchin, the West Virginia Democrat who had just...Tags: Chuck Grassley, Shootings, Sandy Hook Promise, Joe Manchin III, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting
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Rubio dines with political adversary Obama
U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, one of President Obama’s most persistent critics, joined him for dinner at the White House on Wednesday night to talk immigration, the budget and a wide range of other topics. Not big breakthroughs emerged from the...
Tags: John Boozman, Roger F. Wicker, Gun Control, Republican Party, Orrin Hatch
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Obama courts GOP senators, Part II
WASHINGTON – President Obama is proving to be a popular dinner host. Republican senators who dined Wednesday at the White House, the second time Obama has extended an invitation to his sometime adversaries, offered mostly positive reviews,...
Tags: Roger F. Wicker, John Boozman, Budgets and Budgeting, Elections, Republican Party
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Deal on background checks is close, Senate roll call expected Thursday
WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan deal seems imminent on expanding background checks to more gun buyers, an agreement that could build support for President Barack Obama's drive to curb firearms violence. Meanwhile, the Senate is ready for an opening...
Tags: Joe Manchin III, Mark Kirk, Michael Bloomberg, Elections, Patrick J. Toomey
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One date is not enough: Obama to dine again with GOP senators
WASHINGTON – President Obama is taking Senate Republicans on another date night. Following his successful dinner earlier this month with a dozen GOP senators, during which they discussed budgets, the president has dialed up his ideological...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Republican Party, John Boehner, POLITICO LLC, Government Health Care
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The challenging math of passing immigration reform
WASHINGTON – Senators from both parties are expressing enthusiasm for pushing a comprehensive overhaul of the nation’s immigration system. But while immigration politics appears to have changed in the wake of sweeping Republican rejection...
Tags: Bob Menendez, Jon Tester, Elections, Patty Murray, Orrin Hatch
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Weekend Talk Shows for Dec. 22-23: Placido Domingo; Ben Affleck; Adele
SATURDAY Good Morning America (N) 7 a.m. KABC The Chris Matthews Show Annual political awards. (N) 5 p.m. KNBC McLaughlin Group 6:30 p.m. KCET SUNDAY Today Holiday travel; shopping after Christmas; holiday potluck. (N) 6 a.m. KNBC Good Morning...
Tags: Travel, Jason Chaffetz, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, Interior Policy, Tim Scott
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Tags: John A. Yarmuth, Bill Flores, Rob Portman, Richard Blumenthal, John Kerry
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Home buyer tax credit might be extended for service members
Will Congress extend the wildly popular $8,000 home buyer tax credit beyond its Dec. 1 expiration date?
That's a question generating huge pressure on Capitol Hill from would-be buyers who haven't found the right house as well as from realty agents,...Tags: Georgia, Oregon, Republican Party, State Budgets, Charles B. Rangel
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