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    Apr 10, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Gun control deserves a vote

    Four months after 20 children were gunned down in Newtown, Conn., families of the dead are pleading with members of Congress to make it harder for criminals and the mentally disturbed to obtain firearms. That will happen only if a sufficient number of Republicans are willing to abandon their subservience to the National Rife Assn. and approve common-sense legislation supported by a majority of Americans.
    Four months after 20 children were gunned down in Newtown, Conn., families of the dead are pleading with members of Congress to make it harder for criminals and the mentally disturbed to obtain firearms. That will happen only if a sufficient number of...

    Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Criminals, FBI, U.S. Congress, Interior Policy

    2. Apr 10, 2013 |Story| Petoskey News

  2. Biden: Threats to block gun bill 'embarrassing'

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden says he refuses to believe a small group of senators will block a vote on gun legislation.
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden says he refuses to believe a small group of senators will block a vote on gun legislation. The vice president says it would be "embarrassing" if a filibuster would be the climax of a national tragedy like...

    Tags: Washington, DC, Politics, Elections, U.S. Senate, Sandy Hook Elementary School

    3. Apr 9, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Senators report deal on gun control legislation

    WASHINGTON — The Senate moved Tuesday to begin long-anticipated deliberations this week over new gun laws as Republicans appeared to lack the strength to block the debate and bipartisan talks over expanding background checks on gun buyers appeared to have led to a deal.
    WASHINGTON — The Senate moved Tuesday to begin long-anticipated deliberations this week over new gun laws as Republicans appeared to lack the strength to block the debate and bipartisan talks over expanding background checks on gun buyers appeared...

    Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Elections, Laws, Parties and Movements, Chuck Schumer

    4. Apr 9, 2013 |Story| Allentown Morning Call

  4. UPDATED: Status report on Toomey-Manchin gun talks expected around 5 p.m.

    UPDATED: Sen. Pat Toomey kept his head down as he quickly walked past a gaggle of reporters. Sen. Joe Manchin, the West Virginia Democrat who Toomey is working with on a background check compromise, sprinted past several huddled reporters, arms pumping, offering only a hasty, "Gotta go."
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    UPDATED: Sen. Pat Toomey kept his head down as he quickly walked past a gaggle of reporters. Sen. Joe Manchin, the West Virginia Democrat who Toomey is working with on a background check compromise, sprinted past several huddled reporters, arms pumping,...

    Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Michael Bloomberg, Edward G. Rendell, Democratic Party, Mayors Against Illegal Guns

    5. Apr 9, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. 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 a group of Republicans.
    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: Personal Weapon Control, Elections, Parties and Movements, Chris Murphy, U.S. Congress

    6. Apr 8, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Newtown families help Obama press for gun reform

    HARTFORD, Conn. — President Obama sought Monday to use the emotional pull of the Newtown school massacre to galvanize public support for his drive to pass stricter gun control measures, even as more than a dozen Republican senators promised to filibuster to block such votes.
    HARTFORD, Conn. — President Obama sought Monday to use the emotional pull of the Newtown school massacre to galvanize public support for his drive to pass stricter gun control measures, even as more than a dozen Republican senators promised to...

    Tags: Elections, Mike Lee, U.S. Congress, University of Hartford, John McCain

    7. Apr 8, 2013 |Story| Petoskey News

  7. Senators work on deal expanding background checks

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Talks between two influential senators have emerged as the most promising route for a bipartisan breakthrough on expanding federal background checks for gun buyers, a pivotal part of President Barack Obama's plan for combating gun violence.
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Talks between two influential senators have emerged as the most promising route for a bipartisan breakthrough on expanding federal background checks for gun buyers, a pivotal part of President Barack Obama's plan for combating...

    Tags: Elections, U.S. Congress, University of Hartford, John McCain, Interior Policy

    8. Feb 28, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  8. Sequester is proof of Obama's incompetence

    Regarding your recent editorial on the impending across-the-board cuts in federal spending, since the "sequester" plan originally was introduced by the White House, to call it a "GOP sequester" is a misnomer ("The GOP sequester," Feb. 22). If we had any...

    Tags: U.S. House of Representatives, Republican Party, Politics, Elections, Barack Obama

    9. Apr 8, 2013 |Column| Orlando Sentinel

  9. The president's feeble gesture

    "President Obama plans to give up 5 percent of his salary this year to draw attention to the financial sacrifice of more than 1 million federal employees who will be furloughed."
    "President Obama plans to give up 5 percent of his salary this year to draw attention to the financial sacrifice of more than 1 million federal employees who will be furloughed." -- The Washington Post, April 4 "Here's the plan. We get the warhead and...

    Tags: Budget Control Act of 2011, Elections, Nancy Pelosi, U.S. Congress, John Boehner

    10. Apr 4, 2013 |Story| Aberdeen News

  10. Column: National Rifle Association winning gun battle

    President Barack Obama pleaded with Congress last week to remember the victims of December’s schoolhouse shootings in Connecticut and tighten the nation’s gun laws. "Shame on us if we’ve forgotten," he said. "Don’t get squishy."...

    Tags: Rand Paul, Elections, Dianne Feinstein, New York City, U.S. Congress

    11. Apr 4, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. Connecticut governor signs tough gun-control law

    Four months after a lone gunman shattered the normal morning activities of a Connecticut elementary school in a fearsome shooting spree of 154 bullets in less than five minutes, that state’s governor on Thursday signed a tough gun-control law, the latest in an ongoing campaign to deal with weapons and violence.
    Four months after a lone gunman shattered the normal morning activities of a Connecticut elementary school in a fearsome shooting spree of 154 bullets in less than five minutes, that state’s governor on Thursday signed a tough gun-control law, the...

    Tags: Government, Dannel P. Malloy , Elections, Unrest, Conflicts and War, U.S. Congress

    12. Apr 3, 2013 |Story| Hartford Courant

  12. U.S. Senators Blumenthal, Murphy Say CT Will Give Them Momentum in Washington, D.C.

    The Hartford Courant
    Saying that Connecticut can help the national effort on gun control, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy came to the state Capitol in Hartford to congratulate Democratic senators for passing one of the strongest gun control bills in the...

    Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Elections, Laws, Parties and Movements, Chris Murphy

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