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Deal on background checks is close, Senate roll call expected Thursday
WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan deal seems imminent on expanding background checks to more gun buyers, an agreement that could build support for President Barack Obama's drive to curb firearms violence. Meanwhile, the Senate is ready for an opening...
Tags: Mitch McConnell, Johnny Isakson, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, Harry Reid, Politics
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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...... -
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: National Rifle Association of America, Chuck Grassley, John Cornyn, Mitch McConnell, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary
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Albert Hunt: Senate friendship born of tragedy beats partisanship
These days, most dispatches from Washington focus on petty partisanship, posturing, impasses and a political culture that rewards confrontation. Here's a respite: a story of kindness, comity, generosity reaching across the political divide. It's about...Tags: Coma, Joe Biden, U.S. Congress, Physical Conditions, Politics
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State of our unions
RedEyeThe rings? Check. The guest list? Check. The marriage license? Well, that remains to be seen when it comes to same-sex couples in Illinois. While vocal opposition to same-sex marriage remains, more state politicians and organizations are backing...Tags: Heather Steans, Politics, Gays and Lesbians, Lake County (Illinois), Social Issues
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A Measure Of Courage In Senate On Guns
The U.S. Senate minority's squelching of debate and votes last week on any meaningful legislation to reduce gun violence has unfortunately become the rule, not the exception. Not much can get done in the Senate under the tyranny of the minority, when it...Tags: National Rifle Association of America, Elections, U.S. Congress, Harry Reid, Politics
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The weak in review --Timid Senate falters on equally timid gun control measure
Change of SubjectFriday's print column It was dismaying. Not that the U.S. Senate on Wednesday rejected a major gun-control proposal that would have required universal background checks prior to all firearm sales. But that such a proposal, popular though it is in...... -
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: Jeff Sessions, Mitch McConnell, U.S. Congress, Richard Shelby, Politics
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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. What they don't have is a clear path to changing the political arithmetic of the...
Tags: Mitch McConnell, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, Columbine High School, Harry Reid, Politics
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Secretary of State John Kerry urges against new Iran sanctions
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State John F. Kerry implored Congress on Thursday not to impose tough new sanctions on Iran, warning that such a move could disrupt diplomacy over Tehran's disputed nuclear program at a delicate moment. Appearing before...Tags: International Relations, Iran's Nuclear Program, U.S. Congress, Nuclear Policy, Politics
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Gun control: Wait till next year -- or the year after
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) formally suspended the Democrats’ drive for new gun control legislation Thursday, shelving his party’s bill after Wednesday’s defeat of its centerpiece, a measure for expanded background...
Tags: National Rifle Association of America, Max Baucus, U.S. Congress, Mark Begich, Politics
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The weak in review
It was dismaying. Not that the U.S. Senate on Wednesday rejected a major gun control proposal that would have required universal background checks prior to all firearm sales. But that such a proposal, popular though it is in opinion polling, wasn't...Tags: National Rifle Association of America, Prisons, Politics, U.S. Senate, Patrick J. Toomey
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