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How a bill becomes slaw
Before we move off the issue of gun control — and it's dead for now, believe me, for reasons this column will make clear — let's take a close look at just how something as popular as expanded background checks failed to pass the U.S. Senate...
Tags: Republican Party, Patrick J. Toomey, Parties and Movements, Joe Manchin III, Personal Weapon Control
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Tail-gunner Ted
WASHINGTON -- Is there nobody who can tell Ted Cruz to shut up? The young senator from Texas has been on the job for about 100 days, but he has already turned upside down the Senate's ancient seniority system and is dominating his senior Republican...
Tags: Parties and Movements, Personal Weapon Control, Crime, Law and Justice, Immigration, Chuck Hagel
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Republicans rediscover tolerance
WASHINGTON -- As lawmakers put the finishing touches on an immigration deal, veteran Rep. Don Young decided this would be a good time to come out with an immigration plan of his own. His involves calling Latino immigrants "wetbacks." For Young, now in...
Tags: Republican Party, Parties and Movements, Don Young, Immigration, John Boehner
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A filibuster fit for Joe McCarthy
WASHINGTON -- Chuck Hagel's confirmation as secretary of defense ended as it began -- with a smear. "Senator Hagel has accused Israel of quote 'playing games' and committing, quote, 'sickening slaughter,'" Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., said before...
Tags: Israel, Roger F. Wicker, U.S. Congress, Thomas R. Carper, Chuck Hagel
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Battle-tested for a fight
WASHINGTON -- In Vietnam in 1968, two separate mine explosions left Chuck Hagel with shrapnel in his chest and burns on his face and arms. This is not a man who is going to shrink from a fight with the chicken hawks of the Senate. President Obama...
Tags: Republican Party, David Vitter, Leon Panetta, George W. Bush, Washington Monument
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The journey of Judge Joan Lefkow
Tribune staff reporterA few days ago, Joan Lefkow was walking down a Chicago street flanked by federal marshals when a panhandler walked up to her and said, "God bless you, Judge Lefkow." It has been nine months since U.S. District Judge Joan Humphrey Lefkow's name and face...Tags: Entertainment, Richard Nixon, Marshall Field, Photography, Colleges and Universities
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GOP Must Act With Resolve, Not Recriminations
The Hartford CourantYou probably hold the same beliefs on matters large and small that you did a week ago, notwithstanding Tuesday's election. So do the hundreds of candidates elected to serve in Washington, only more so. Navigating through other people's convictions will be...Tags: Republican Party, Parties and Movements, George Washington, Richard Nixon, George W. Bush
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Tags: Ron Paul, Leon Panetta, September 11, 2001 Attacks, U.S. Military, Joe Biden
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Obama's uncommon scold
An MSNBC commentator is in the doghouse over a mildly obscene on-air criticism of President Barack Obama. Fair enough. But to me his language was less obscene than his suggestion that Obama was getting too uppity with GOP budget negotiators. Mark...Tags: Republican Party, Entertainment, Tea Party Movement, Florida, Marco Rubio
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How a bill becomes slaw -- an autopsy of gun-control legislation in Washington
Change of SubjectWednesday's print column Before we move off the issue of gun control — and it’s dead for now, believe me, for reasons this column will make clear — let’s take a close look at just how something as popular as...... -
‘Face the Nation’ welcomes Clay Aiken, Ted Olson
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelClay Aiken visits ‘Face the Nation.' Handout art THIS POST HAS BEEN UPDATED: Here's something I never expected to write: “American Idol” alum Clay Aiken will be a guest this weekend on CBS' “Face the Nation.” The topic will... -
Weekend Talk Shows: Gavin Newsom; Dianne Feinstein; Gary Sinise
Show TrackerClick here to download TV listings for the week of May 13 - 19 in PDF format TV listings for the week of May 13 - 19 in PDF format are also available here This week's TV Movies SATURDAY Good......
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