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The NRA doesn't deserve my sympathy, or yours
Usually when a senator suffers a big public defeat, he slinks off to lick his wounds. He rarely retwists the arms that didn't bend his way. Colleagues don't like to be seen switching. Were they horribly mistaken the first time? Don't know what they...Tags: Minority Groups, Kelly Ayotte, National Rifle Association of America, Joe Manchin III, Wayne LaPierre
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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: Jon Tester, Amy Klobuchar, Mark Pryor, Thad Cochran, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013)
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Child's play over the budget
WASHINGTON -- The budget feud on Capitol Hill is looking like those Vietnam War peace talks when negotiators bickered over the shape of the table. House Republicans, after howling for years about Senate Democrats' failure to pass a budget, are...
Tags: Government Health Care, Washington, DC, NBC (tv network), Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Allergies
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Republicans get tough talk from one of their own
Sun SentinelBlaise Ingoglia is one of Florida’s more colorful Republican leaders. The home builder, who enjoys tea party support, is chairman of the Hernando County Republican Party and vice chairman of the state party. He also makes “Government Gone...Tags: Politics, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Parties and Movements, Media Industry, Nancy Pelosi
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The filibuster kills gun legislation and democracy
President Obama called it a shameful day for the Senate. A survivor of the Tucson shooting that wounded Gabby Giffords shouted from the gallery, "Shame on you." This was the response to the rejection of gun control. I was tempted to write the "voting...Tags: Political Systems, Democracy, Personal Weapon Control, Elections, Gun Control
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Don't let Donnelly off the hook on gun legislation
On a day our president called "shameful," the Senate defeated four gun control measures. On the weakest highly compromised Toomey-Manchin measure, expanding background checks, our two senators split their votes; Republican Dan Coats voted no, Democrat Joe...Tags: Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Global Warming, Lobbying, Personal Weapon Control, Elections
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After flight delays, will cancer move Congress to act?
Reuters* Fiscal needs pile up but few seen as acute as flight delays * Congress may find it difficult to say no to cancer patients By David Lawder WASHINGTON, May 3 (Reuters) - As Congress sifts through a growing number of requests for targeted relief from...Tags: John Boehner, National Parks, Justice System, Air Transportation Industry, Renee Ellmers
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COLUMN - Renewed optimism can be a double-edged sword: Anatole Kaletsky
Reuters(Anatole Kaletsky is a Reuters columnist but his opinions are his own.) By Anatole Kaletsky May 2 (Reuters) - This is a critical week for the world economy and financial markets, especially in the United States. Friday's U.S. employment report will...Tags: Peter Orszag, Labor Markets, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Eric Cantor, Health Care Reform (2009)
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Boston bombing brings out the new xenophobes
The Boston Marathon bombing has brought out the xenophobes. Often when America suffers some large, inexplicable tragedy, we want to blame "foreigners" and look for ways to fortify ourselves against them. It's more reassuring to believe that an evil lies...Tags: Illegal Immigrants, Labor Legislation, Justice System, Islam, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013)
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Sarah Palin for Senate? Some tea party activists want her to run
SEATTLE — Sarah Palin’s last elective position in Alaska ended early when in 2009 she abandoned the governorship midway through her first term. But tea party activists appear eager for a comeback, urging supporters to contribute money toward...Tags: Joe Miller, Sean Parnell, Personal Weapon Control, Elections, Polls
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Give 'bomb control' a chance
He thought his wife was in love with another man, police say, so James L. McFillin of Baltimore decided to blow up the other man. It was 1979. McFillin wired two sticks of an explosive called Tovex 220 into the electrical system of a truck belonging...
Tags: Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Lobbying, National Rifle Association of America, Personal Weapon Control, Research
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Column: Signs of grown-ups in charge
Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, chairman of the Financial Services Committee, has told Richard Cordray not to bother. This is part of the recent evidence that government is getting some adult supervision. President Barack Obama used a recess...Tags: Washington, DC, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Max Baucus, Air Transportation Industry, U.S. Supreme Court
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