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    May 20, 2013 |Story| Petoskey News

  1. Dems' Senate campaigns marked by internal battles

    ATLANTA (AP) — Republicans aren't the only ones roiled by internal jostling and recruiting hiccups ahead of next year's midterm elections.
    ATLANTA (AP) — Republicans aren't the only ones roiled by internal jostling and recruiting hiccups ahead of next year's midterm elections. Two top-tier Democratic prospects recently bypassed running for Senate seats in Georgia and South Dakota,...

    Tags: Jack Kingston, Joe Biden, Fiscal Cliff, John Barrow, Eric Holder

    2. May 10, 2013 |Story| Aberdeen News

  2. 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: Immigration, Heidi Heitkamp, U.S. Congress, Jon Tester, Amy Klobuchar

    3. Apr 23, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Officials: Democratic Sen. Baucus to retire

    Democratic Sen. Max Baucus of Montana, the chairman of the powerful Senate Finance Committee who steered President Barack Obama's health care overhaul into law but recently broke with his party on gun control legislation, has decided to retire, Democratic...

    Tags: Max Baucus, Personal Weapon Control, Environmental Issues, Jon Tester, Carl Levin

    4. Apr 18, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Pro-Obama group will go after Democrats on guns

    WASHINGTON — The nonprofit advocacy group backing President Obama’s second-term agenda plans to mobilize constituents against the U.S. senators who helped defeat a measure to expand background checks Wednesday – including four members of...

    Tags: Max Baucus, Personal Weapon Control, Environmental Issues, Heidi Heitkamp, Organizing for Action

    5. Apr 18, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Senate sets aside gun bill, for now

    WASHINGTON -- The Senate formally shelved further consideration of gun legislation Thursday even as supporters of a plan to expand background-check requirements vowed to keep pushing the issue. The decision to set the bill aside came after a showdown...

    Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Mental Health, Gun Control, National Rifle Association of America, Patrick J. Toomey

    6. Apr 17, 2013 | Chicago Tribune

  6. Background check 'win-win' amendment gets a 'no, thanks' from Senate minority

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    Senate deals setback to gun bill in vote on background checks tells the story of how the filibuster wins again: The final vote was, 54 (yes) to 46 (no), after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) switched his vote to......
    7. Apr 19, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  7. 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: Max Baucus, U.S. Senate, Heidi Heitkamp, Mike Crapo, Mitch McConnell

    8. Apr 18, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. 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.
    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: Max Baucus, Personal Weapon Control, Heidi Heitkamp, Organizing for Action, Michael Bloomberg

    9. Apr 18, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. 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 checks on gun purchasers. But Reid, along with President Obama and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco), insisted that they are determined to fight on. “This debate is not over,” Reid said. “In fact, this fight is just beginning.”
    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: Max Baucus, Personal Weapon Control, Susan Collins, U.S. Congress, Nancy Pelosi

    10. Apr 17, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. Senate rejects gun background check measure

    WASHINGTON — Gun control advocates had told themselves this time would be different. It wasn't.
    WASHINGTON — Gun control advocates had told themselves this time would be different. It wasn't. The two-decade deadlock that has gripped congressional efforts to act on gun control continued Wednesday as a measure to require more gun buyers to...

    Tags: Max Baucus, Personal Weapon Control, Joe Biden, U.S. Senate, Heidi Heitkamp

    11. Apr 17, 2013 |Story| Aberdeen News

  11. Senate blocks expanded gun sale background checks

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans, backed by a small band of rural-state Democrats, turned away legislation Wednesday to tighten restrictions on the sale of firearms, rejecting repeated appeals from President Barack Obama and personal pleas by...

    Tags: Max Baucus, Personal Weapon Control, Joe Biden, U.S. Senate, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting

    12. Apr 17, 2013 |Story| Petoskey News

  12. 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 ebbing public support for tightening gun control laws.
    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: Max Baucus, Personal Weapon Control, Polls, Heidi Heitkamp, Laws

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