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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: Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, U.S. Senate, Politics, Chris Murphy, Personal Weapon Control
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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: Voting, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, Lobbying, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, Harry Reid
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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: U.S. Embassy, Republican Party, U.S. Senate, Politics, Personal Weapon Control
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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: New York City, John McCain, Republican Party, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, Harry Reid
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Local lawmakers attend Benghazi, Boston bombing hearings
Call Washington BureauU.S. House Republicans held investigative hearings this week on two terror events - the attacks on the U.S. embassy in Benghazi and the Boston Marathon bombing. On each committee was a local area lawmaker who attended the high-profile hearings, though...Tags: Lou Barletta, Justice System, Sports, Crime, Law and Justice, FBI
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Bloomberg group airs TV ad thanking Toomey
Call Washington BureauA gun control advocacy group backed by New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg began airing a television ad Thursday that thanks Sen. Pat Toomey for his work on background checks. The Mayors Against Illegal Guns 30-second spot shows the Capitol building ...Tags: New York City, Republican Party, Michael Bloomberg, Politics, Personal Weapon Control
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U.S. House passes Pat Toomey's debt limit idea; Dent votes against bill
WASHINGTON — Lehigh Valley Congressman Charlie Dent was one of eight Republicans who bucked their party and voted against a debt ceiling contingency plan that was the brainchild of Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey. Toomey proposed the idea of...Tags: Republican Party, U.S. Senate, Politics, Fiscal Cliff, The Wall Street Journal
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Senate rejects firearms on more federal lands
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate rejected an effort Wednesday to expand the use of firearms on some of the nation's most frequently visited federal lands, handing gun control advocates a modest success. The measure, backed by the National Rifle...
Tags: Voting, Land Resources, Politics, Barack Obama, Gun Control
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Metzgar joins call for Pennsylvania commissioning of USS Somerset
staff writer, @damichellegThe Pennsylvania House of Representatives is asking the Navy to have the USS Somerset commissioned in the state. The House unanimously passed a resolution Tuesday written by state Rep. Carl Walker Metzgar, R-Allegheny Township. The goal of the...Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, Bill Shuster, Pennsylvania General Assembly, Carl Walker Metzgar, Somerset County (Pennsylvania)
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Read between the lines of Toomey's gun control bill
Am I the only one who sees the facts of Sen. Pat Toomey's gun control contribution? •The GOP needed a hero. Step up Pat Toomey. •He proposes something he knows will not pass. •He becomes that hero, just for trying. •Erg, the...Tags: Politics, Personal Weapon Control, Gun Control, Federal Gun Control Legislation (2013), Interior Policy
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Letters: Narrowing the NRA
Re "Both sides of debate at NRA convention," May 4 When the National Rifle Assn. backed improved background checks on gun buyers in the 1990s, the organization truly was nonpartisan. Time and money have changed that. Witness the lineup of speakers...
Tags: John McCain, Republican Party, Sarah Palin, Politics, Ted Cruz
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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: Joe Manchin III, Republican Party, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Congress, National Rifle Association of America
May 10, 2013
|Story| Hartford Courant
May 13, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
May 11, 2013
|Story| Allentown Morning Call
May 10, 2013
|Column| Allentown Morning Call
May 10, 2013
|Story| Allentown Morning Call
May 9, 2013
|Story| Allentown Morning Call
May 9, 2013
|Story| Allentown Morning Call
May 9, 2013
|Story| Petoskey News
May 7, 2013
|Story| Daily American
May 7, 2013
|Story| Allentown Morning Call
May 7, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Apr 11, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
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