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Gun control: Wait till next year -- or the year after
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) formally suspended the Democrats’ drive for new gun control legislation Thursday, shelving his party’s bill after Wednesday’s defeat of its centerpiece, a measure for expanded background...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Gun Control, Susan Collins, Federal Gun Control Legislation (2013), Personal Weapon Control
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Immigration proposal, and its small GOP opposition, is unveiled
— Moments before a group of eight senators unveiled a sweeping bipartisan immigration overhaul Thursday, a smaller group launched the GOP opposition. Led by Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama, the Republican push-back emerged as a muted affair....
Tags: U.S. Congress, Jeff Sessions, Elections, Migration, Republican Party
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As a rising GOP star, Rubio treads a fine line on immigration
WASHINGTON — When Marco Rubio was the No. 3 Republican in the Florida House of Representatives, he worked with Democrats in 2003 to protect farmworkers from unscrupulous contractors and harmful pesticides. "My heart goes out to the workers in this...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Lindsey O. Graham, U.S. Senate, Elections, Republican Party
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Senate rejects gun background check measure
WASHINGTON — Gun control advocates had told themselves this time would be different. It wasn't. The two-decade deadlock that has gripped congressional efforts to act on gun control continued Wednesday as a measure to require more gun buyers to...
Tags: Wayne LaPierre, Assault, U.S. Senate, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Mayors Against Illegal Guns
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Getting to yes on immigration reform
The sweeping immigration bill outlined by a bipartisan group of eight senators this week represents the most comprehensive overhaul of the U.S. immigration system in more than a quarter-century. It's also probably Congress' best chance this year to...Tags: Lindsey O. Graham, U.S. Congress, Republican Party, Rand Paul, Elections
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Senate blocks expanded gun sale background checks
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans, backed by a small band of rural-state Democrats, turned away legislation Wednesday to tighten restrictions on the sale of firearms, rejecting repeated appeals from President Barack Obama and personal pleas by...Tags: U.S. Senate, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, Max Baucus, Lobbying, Mark Pryor
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Senate showdown set on gun control
WASHINGTON — After four months of debate and maneuvering, the Senate headed for a showdown over gun control — a series of back-to-back votes on rival plans Wednesday afternoon that could end in the collapse of the entire effort. The...
Tags: U.S. Senate, Ceremonies, Culture, Democratic Party, Max Baucus
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Senate immigration bill looks promising despite some unease
WASHINGTON — Complete satisfaction with the Senate's bipartisan immigration proposal was hard to find Tuesday as details of the bill became known, but despite reservations, a growing consensus was developing in favor of the proposal as the best...
Tags: U.S. Congress, U.S. Senate, National Security, Jeff Sessions, Washington, DC
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Bipartisan group introduces immigration reform bill
WASHINGTON -- A bipartisan group of senators has introduced a bill to overhaul immigration laws and provide a path to legal status for an estimated 11 million people who overstayed their visas or illegally entered the United States, Senate aides said....Tags: Lindsey O. Graham, National Security, Elections, Migration, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary
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Toomey meets with Giffords on guns deal
Call Washington BureauA scrum of reporters gathered outside Sen. Joe Manchin's office Tuesday afternoon waiting for any sign of movement on his embattled background checks amendment while inside he met privately with negotiating partner Sen. Pat Toomey and former Rep. Gabby...Tags: Gun Control, Susan Collins, Personal Weapon Control, Federal Gun Control Legislation (2013), Republican Party
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Criticism of immigration bill from left and right
WASHINGTON (AP) — To some conservatives, it's amnesty. To some immigration advocates, it's unnecessarily punitive. The Senate's new bipartisan immigration bill drew criticism from the right and from the left Tuesday — convincing members of...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Jeff Sessions, Migration, Employment Opportunities, Career and Workplace
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Gun-control plan several votes short in Senate
This post has been corrected and updated as indicated below.WASHINGTON -- A Senate plan to expand the background-check requirement for gun purchases faced a narrowing path to success Tuesday, as advocates for stricter laws sought to scrape together the last few votes they need from among a dwindling number of...Tags: Democratic Party, Max Baucus, Lobbying, Joe Biden, Politics
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