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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...
Tags: Interior Policy, Mark Pryor, Firearms, Patrick J. Toomey, Mark Kelly
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Background checks measure faces defeat, sponsor says
WASHINGTON -- The lead author of a compromise plan to expand background checks, seen as the centerpiece of larger gun legislation before the Senate, all but conceded Wednesday that there won't be the votes needed to adopt it. During an appearance on...Tags: Federal Gun Control Legislation (2013), Elections, Lisa Murkowski, Interior Policy, Personal Weapon Control
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Toomey meets with Giffords on guns deal
Call Washington BureauA scrum of reporters gathered outside Sen. Joe Manchin's office Tuesday afternoon waiting for any sign of movement on his embattled background checks amendment while inside he met privately with negotiating partner Sen. Pat Toomey and former Rep. Gabby...Tags: Federal Gun Control Legislation (2013), Interior Policy, Personal Weapon Control, Republican Party, Mark Kirk
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Gun background-check supporters struggle for 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: NBC (tv network), Today (tv program), Interior Policy, Voting, Mark Pryor
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Gun-control plan several votes short in Senate
This post has been corrected and updated as indicated below.WASHINGTON -- A Senate plan to expand the background-check requirement for gun purchases faced a narrowing path to success Tuesday, as advocates for stricter laws sought to scrape together the last few votes they need from among a dwindling number of...Tags: Interior Policy, Richard Burr, National Rifle Association of America, Bill Nelson, Mark Kirk
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Congressman opens district office in Lincolnshire
U.S. House Rep. Brad Schneider (D-10th) opened his district office in Lincolnshire earlier this month, fewer than 10 miles from his home in the village of Deerfield. Schneider, a freshman representative, said he chose Lincolnshire because of its central...
Tags: Brad Schneider, Politics, Patrick J. Toomey, Robert Dold, 2010 Census
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Manchin's plan for explaining gun proposal: 'The longer the better'
WASHINGTON – One of the senators behind the compromise proposal to expand background checks on gun purchases will mount a Senate floor sales pitch Monday, part of a lobbying effort to ensure passage for the key piece of a larger guns bill when it...
Tags: NBC (tv network), Elections, Interior Policy, Marco Rubio, Television Industry
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In the Senate, a gun rights ally's choice to compromise
WASHINGTON — Sen. Joe Manchin III owns two 12-gauge Beretta shotguns, a semiautomatic Remington 58 Sportsman and a deer rifle. Since he was elected to the Senate two years ago, he has easily maintained an A rating from the National Rifle Assn....Tags: Elections, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, Interior Policy, National Rifle Association of America, Personal Weapon Control
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Stirred by a message from the heart
WASHINGTON -- In a city where David's righteousness almost never beats Goliath's might, what Nicole Hockley and the other Sandy Hook families did to the gun lobby last week was nigh unto miraculous. Gun-control legislation had appeared to be a lost...
Tags: Republican Party, U.S. Congress, Sandy Hook Promise, Lobbying, Patrick J. Toomey
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Prospects for U.S. background checks remain unclear
WASHINGTON (AP) — The fate of a bipartisan Senate effort to subject more firearms buyers to background checks remains uncertain as seven Republicans amenable to a gun control debate are still likely to resist such an expansion. On an initial...
Tags: Interior Policy, National Rifle Association of America, Mark Pryor, Firearms, Patrick J. Toomey
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New gun registration requirements take effect in New York state
Even as Congress prepares to debate new gun legislation, New York’s tougher gun control provisions became effective on Monday, the latest example of how the issue has broadened into a battle on the state as well as federal level. In the wake of...
Tags: Elections, Periodicals, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, Interior Policy, Adam Lanza
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Congressional lawmakers address feedback, sacrifices
The massive federal budget cuts commonly referred to as the sequester will be felt nationwide and will lead to furloughs at places like Letterkenny Army Depot in Chambersburg, Pa., while the 167th Airlift Wing in Martinsburg, W.Va., is facing layoffs,...
Tags: Benjamin L. Cardin, Voting, National Government, Finance, Budgets and Budgeting
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Apr 15, 2013
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