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    May 23, 2013 |Story| Allentown Morning Call

  1. Senate rejected Toomey-backed sugar amendment to farm bill

    Disputes over the government's sugar program break down regionally rather than politically. It pits lawmakers from states like Pennsylvania where candy making is big business against those from states where sugar is grown.
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    Disputes over the government's sugar program break down regionally rather than politically. It pits lawmakers from states like Pennsylvania where candy making is big business against those from states where sugar is grown. Helping to lead the candy...

    Tags: Robert P. Casey, Jr., Trade Dispute, Politics, Chuck Schumer, Patrick J. Toomey

    2. May 10, 2013 |Story| Aberdeen News

  2. Senate to take up farm bill in May

    WASHINGTON - Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., said April 25 that she plans to hold a markup of a new farm bill in May, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., signaled that he intends to bring it to the Senate floor...

    Tags: Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Mark Begich, Politics, Harry Reid, Mark Pryor

    3. Apr 18, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Pro-Obama group will go after Democrats on guns

    WASHINGTON — The nonprofit advocacy group backing President Obama’s second-term agenda plans to mobilize constituents against the U.S. senators who helped defeat a measure to expand background checks Wednesday – including four members of...

    Tags: Interior Policy, Mark Begich, Politics, Environmental Issues, Personal Weapon Control

    4. Apr 17, 2013 | Chicago Tribune

  4. Background check 'win-win' amendment gets a 'no, thanks' from Senate minority

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    Senate deals setback to gun bill in vote on background checks tells the story of how the filibuster wins again: The final vote was, 54 (yes) to 46 (no), after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) switched his vote to......
    5. Apr 19, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  5. Shame on the Senate; send 'em all home

    Let me begin this column with an apology. Once a week, I pick an important issue and offer my reasoned analysis, based on the facts, of what it all means and how we should react. But there are times when the intellect fails and the heart and gut take...

    Tags: Government, Mike Crapo, U.S. Senate, Patrick J. Toomey, Bill Press

    6. Apr 19, 2013 |Column| Orlando Sentinel

  6. 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.
    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: Interior Policy, Personal Weapon Control, Patrick J. Toomey, Lobbying, Justice System

    7. Apr 18, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. Gun control backers consider strategy after Senate defeat

    WASHINGTON — Supporters of stricter gun laws have organization, money and — after the Senate blocked an expansion of background-check requirements — fury.
    WASHINGTON — Supporters of stricter gun laws have organization, money and — after the Senate blocked an expansion of background-check requirements — fury. What they don't have is a clear path to changing the political arithmetic of the...

    Tags: Interior Policy, Chris Murphy, Chuck Schumer, Personal Weapon Control, Patrick J. Toomey

    8. Apr 17, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Senate rejects gun background check measure

    WASHINGTON — Gun control advocates had told themselves this time would be different. It wasn't.
    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: Interior Policy, U.S. Senate, Personal Weapon Control, Chuck Schumer, Patrick J. Toomey

    9. Apr 17, 2013 |Story| Aberdeen News

  9. 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: Interior Policy, Rand Paul, U.S. Senate, Personal Weapon Control, Lobbying

    10. Apr 17, 2013 |Story| Petoskey News

  10. Senate vote nears, background check bill in peril

    WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan effort to expand background checks is in deep trouble as the Senate approaches a long-awaited vote on the linchpin of the drive to curb gun violence. As the showdown draws near, an Associated Press-GfK poll shows ebbing public support for tightening gun control laws.
    WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan effort to expand background checks is in deep trouble as the Senate approaches a long-awaited vote on the linchpin of the drive to curb gun violence. As the showdown draws near, an Associated Press-GfK poll shows...

    Tags: Interior Policy, Personal Weapon Control, Chuck Schumer, Patrick J. Toomey, Mary L. Landrieu

    11. Apr 16, 2013 |Story| Petoskey News

  11. Gun background-check supporters struggle for votes

    WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; Senate <span style=&quot;color: red;">gun</span>&nbsp;<span style="color: red;">control</span> supporters struggled Tuesday to salvage their drive to expand background checks to more buyers, buoyed by a visit from wounded former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords but facing enough potential opponents to derail their endeavor unless they can figure out how to win more votes.
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate gun control supporters struggled Tuesday to salvage their drive to expand background checks to more buyers, buoyed by a visit from wounded former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords but facing enough potential opponents to derail...

    Tags: Interior Policy, Personal Weapon Control, Chuck Schumer, Patrick J. Toomey, Justice System

    12. Mar 29, 2013 |Story| Petoskey News

  12. Obama: 'Shame on us' if Congress forgets Newtown

    WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; President Barack Obama pressed Congress on Thursday not to forget the heartbreak of the Newtown elementary school massacre and &quot;get squishy" on tightened gun laws, though some lawmakers in his own Democratic Party remain a tough sell on an approaching Senate vote to expand purchasers' background checks.
    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama pressed Congress on Thursday not to forget the heartbreak of the Newtown elementary school massacre and "get squishy" on tightened gun laws, though some lawmakers in his own Democratic Party remain a tough...

    Tags: Interior Policy, Quinnipiac University, U.S. Senate, Personal Weapon Control, Chuck Schumer

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