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Poll: Floridians oppose Rubio's stands on immigration, gun control
TALLAHASSEE — Florida voters aren't all on board with Republican Sen. Marco Rubio's handling of the congressional immigration debate or his vote against beefing up background checks on gun purchases. A Quinnipiac University poll released...Tags: Gun Control, Interior Policy, U.S. Congress, Personal Weapon Control, Elections
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UPDATE 2-U.S. to restart migration talks with Cuba -State Dept.
Reuters* Talks last held in January 2011 * U.S. says no significant policy change (Recasts with quotes from Cuban and U.S. officials) MIAMI, June 19 (Reuters) - The United States and Cuba have agreed to resume regular migration talks in a possible sign of...Tags: Foreign Aid, Punishment, Government Postal Delivery, Politics, Government
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Joe Biden touts White House progress on gun control
WASHINGTON — Vice President Joe Biden, seeking to reinvigorate the White House's stalled gun safety push, touted incremental progress Tuesday in nearly two dozen executive actions pledged by the administration in January. In a speech to...
Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Gun Control, Interior Policy, U.S. Congress, Personal Weapon Control
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Pennsylvania leads the nation in lost or stolen guns
WASHINGTON — Pennsylvania led the nation in the number of firearms lost or stolen from federally licensed gun dealers last year, according to a new government report released as part of the White House's effort to keep attention on gun issues in the...Tags: Gun Control, Interior Policy, Firearms, FBI, Criminal Laws
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Michael Hastings dies at 33; his article led general to resign
Michael Hastings, an aggressive and iconoclastic journalist whose reporting exposed the vagaries of the war in Iraq and helped bring down the top U.S. general in Afghanistan, died early Tuesday in a car crash in Los Angeles, according to two of his...Tags: Rolling Stone, Andrew Blankstein, Wars and Interventions, Kabul (Afghanistan), Los Angeles Times
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The two tortured political marriages of Richard Nixon
Just as they say that the poor are always with is, so it is with Richard Nixon, arguably the most tormented American president, who comes back to us in the new book "Ike and Dick" (appropriately subtitled "Portrait of a Strange Political Marriage"). The...
Tags: Dwight D. Eisenhower, Richard Nixon, Political Dissent, U.S. Senate, Executive Branch
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White House pushes gun safety, but it means little without Congress
WASHINGTON -- The White House plans to announce Tuesday that it has improved gun safety in the country by chipping away at 21 of 23 items on an executive to-do list issued in January. But the progress report will also highlight steps that Congress has...Tags: U.S. Congress, U.S. Senate, Safety of Citizens, Washington, DC, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
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Politics as Usual
Toomey reaffirms background check support Six months after the Sandy Hook murders of 20 children and six adults, U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., reaffirmed his support for expanding background checks on firearms sales, and said he hopes the Senate can...Tags: Lehigh County, Arts and Culture, Federal Gun Control Legislation (2013), Criminal Laws, Culture
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New Republican senator could be key vote on guns
WASHINGTON – Even before New Jersey’s new U.S. senator took the oath of office, Democrats seemed to be lobbying the Republican for his vote on a key legislative priority: expanded background checks on gun buyers. Jeffrey Chiesa, appointed...Tags: Gun Control, Interior Policy, Frank Pallone, Jr., Chris Christie, Mitch McConnell
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Toomey reaffirms support for background checks ahead of Sandy Hook anniversary
Call Washington BureauOn the eve of the six-month anniversary of the Sandy Hook murders, Pennsylvania Republican Sen. Pat Toomey issued a statement reaffirming his support for expanding background checks on firearms sales and said he hopes the Senate can find the votes to make...Tags: Gun Control, Interior Policy, Federal Gun Control Legislation (2013), Personal Weapon Control, U.S. Senate
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Democrats seek to avoid repeat of 2010 loss in Massachusetts
WASHINGTON — Desperate to avoid another Massachusetts special-election debacle, Democrats are pulling out all the stops for Rep. Edward J. Markey in the contest to keep the Senate seat formerly held by Secretary of State John F. Kerry in...
Tags: Sports, Elizabeth Warren, Al Gore, U.S. Congress, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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Six months after Sandy Hook, gun control advocates continue to push for changes
WASHINGTON (AP) — Six months after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, some of the victims' families are heading to Capitol Hill to remind lawmakers they are painfully waiting for action, while some of the president's allies are asking him to...
Tags: Gun Control, Firearms, Interior Policy, U.S. Congress, Personal Weapon Control
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