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New Senate gun measure unveiled, and this one's bipartisan
WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of senators unveiled a new measure Monday to combat illegal gun trafficking, a sign of momentum for one element of President Obama’s initiative to reduce gun violence. The primary focus of the bill is to combat...
Tags: Mark Kirk, Richard Blumenthal, National Rifle Association of America, Washington, DC, Patrick Leahy
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COLUMN: Do-nothing Congress does something
OK, so Congress hasn’t managed to pass a budget, fix the tax code or avert the automatic spending cuts of the dreaded "sequester." Are they getting anything done on Capitol Hill? Yes, and you’ll probably be surprised to hear where progress...Tags: Joe Biden, National Rifle Association of America, Budget Control Act of 2011, Criminals, Judges
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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: Mark Kirk, National Rifle Association of America, U.S. House of Representatives, Joe Manchin III, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary
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South Dakota bison on the president's menu
WASHINGTON -- South Dakota bison will be on the menu when congressional leaders entertain President Barack Obama and his family at a post-inaugural luncheon on Jan. 21. They will be served a farm-to-table menu celebrating the inaugural theme, "Faith in...Tags: David Cameron, NATO Summit, Conservation, Environmental Issues, Washington, DC
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Straight-FORWARD: President Obama and the Senate’s New Legislative Strategy
Orlando Opinionators - Orlando SentinelLast Monday the so-called “Gang of Eight”, a bi-partisan coalition of senior level Republican and Democratic senators led by Chuck Schumer (D,NY) and Marco Rubio (R,FL), unveiled their outline for comprehensive immigration reform. Not to be... -
Column: Some questions for Hagel
Senate hearings on the nomination of Chuck Hagel to be defense secretary will be a distinctive Washington entertainment, a donnybrook without drama. He should be confirmed: Presidents are due substantial deference in selecting Cabinet members because they...Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, Washington, DC, Hamas, European Union, Israel
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Organizing for Action targets GOP lawmakers in first ad buy
WASHINGTON -- Four California Republican House members are among 13 GOP legislators being targeted by a pro-Obama advocacy group in a new online ad campaign urging them to back a more robust background check system for gun sales. Reps. Jeff Denham,...
Tags: Mark Kirk, Online Advertising, Jeff Denham, Jim Gerlach, Mike Coffman
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Mark Kelly on ‘Meet the Press’; Karl Rove, Bob Woodward on ‘Fox News Sunday’
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelWhite House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough will be a guest Sunday on ABC's “This Week,” CBS' “Face the Nation” and NBC's “Meet the Press.” The rest of the guest list this Sunday morning: Karl Rove and Bob Woodward... -
Two cheers for rebranding
Ever since Mitt Romney lost the presidential election, there's been a lot of talk about how the Republican Party needs to "rebrand" itself. Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal wants, among other things, for the GOP to stop being "the stupid party." Rep. Paul...
Tags: Bobby Jindal, George H.W. Bush, Arts and Culture, Mitt Romney, Sociology
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Weekend TV Talk: Charles Schumer; Denis McDonough; Maggie Smith
Click here to download TV listings for the week of Feb. 17 - 23, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies -------------------- SATURDAY Good Morning America (N) 7 a.m. KABC McLaughlin Group (N) 6:30 p.m. KCET SUNDAY The Chris Matthews Show...
Tags: Executive Branch, Washington, DC, Unions, Elections, Personal Weapon Control
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The Political Transformation Of Joe Lieberman
Hartford CourantTalking to reporters in his driveway on a hot day in August 2000, Connecticut U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman beamed — he had just been chosen as the Democratic vice presidential candidate to Al Gore. "Miracles happen," the proud son of a Stamford liquor...Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, Executive Branch, Political Candidates, Monica Lewinsky, Don't Ask, Don't Tell Policy Repeal (2010)
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Obama's State of the Union: Topic by topic
Climate change: By Neela Banerjee WASHINGTON -- In his State of the Union address, President Obama articulated a subtle but noticeable shift away from his longstanding discussion of climate change in almost entirely economic terms to making a moral...
Tags: Global Change, Washington, DC, Unions, Mitt Romney, Crime, Law and Justice
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