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Organizing for Action targets GOP lawmakers in first ad buy
WASHINGTON -- Four California Republican House members are among 13 GOP legislators being targeted by a pro-Obama advocacy group in a new online ad campaign urging them to back a more robust background check system for gun sales. Reps. Jeff Denham,...
Tags: Organizing for Action, Barack Obama, Jim Gerlach, U.S. Congress, Mark Kirk
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Congress tackles gun violence, immigration
WASHINGTON -- After a two-week spring recess, Congress returns to work on Tuesday for a make-or-break legislative sprint on two White House priorities – gun violence and immigration reform – in a session that could help define President Obama&...
Tags: NBC (tv network), Barack Obama, U.S. Congress, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, Work Relations
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Schumer sees deal this week on immigration
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Chuck Schumer said Sunday he's hoping for a bipartisan deal by the end of this week on a sweeping immigration bill to secure the border and allow eventual citizenship to the estimated 11 million people living here illegally....
Tags: Barack Obama, John McCain, U.S. House of Representatives, AFL-CIO, U.S. Senate
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Senators work on deal expanding background checks
WASHINGTON (AP) — Talks between two influential senators have emerged as the most promising route for a bipartisan breakthrough on expanding federal background checks for gun buyers, a pivotal part of President Barack Obama's plan for combating...
Tags: Barack Obama, John McCain, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Mark Kirk, U.S. Senate
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Senators disagree on how close they are to a deal on immigration
WASHINGTON — Key senators trying to negotiate an agreement on immigration reform were divided Sunday on how close they are to reaching a consensus on the legislation. Sens. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), touting a...
Tags: NBC (tv network), Marco Rubio, Barack Obama, U.S. Congress, AFL-CIO
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As a rising GOP star, Rubio treads a fine line on immigration
WASHINGTON — When Marco Rubio was the No. 3 Republican in the Florida House of Representatives, he worked with Democrats in 2003 to protect farmworkers from unscrupulous contractors and harmful pesticides. "My heart goes out to the workers in this...
Tags: NBC (tv network), Dianne Feinstein, Marco Rubio, John McCain, U.S. Congress
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Column: National Rifle Association winning gun battle
President Barack Obama pleaded with Congress last week to remember the victims of December’s schoolhouse shootings in Connecticut and tighten the nation’s gun laws. "Shame on us if we’ve forgotten," he said. "Don’t get squishy."...Tags: Barack Obama, Rand Paul, Michael Bloomberg, U.S. House of Representatives, Kay Hagan
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McManus: Gun control, DOA
President Obama pleaded with Congress last week to remember the victims of December's schoolhouse shootings in Connecticut and tighten the nation's gun laws. "Shame on us if we've forgotten," he said. "Don't get squishy." But four months after the...
Tags: Barack Obama, Rand Paul, Michael Bloomberg, U.S. House of Representatives, Kay Hagan
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NRA-backed panel offers school safety gun measures
WASHINGTON— A National Rifle Assn.-backed task force unveiled a sweeping set of proposed school safety measures Tuesday, a counter to gun control bills introduced after the Connecticut mass shooting. The most attention-getting recommendation: to...
Tags: National Rifle Association of America, George W. Bush, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, Mental Health, Health and Safety at School
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NRA-backed task force unveils sweeping school safety proposal
WASHINGTON — A National Rifle Assn.-backed task force unveiled a sweeping set of proposed school safety measures Tuesday, the gun rights group’s counterproposal to the spate of gun control bills introduced in the wake of the mass shooting in...
Tags: National Rifle Association of America, U.S. Congress, George W. Bush, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, Mental Health
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Saturday's TV Highlights: 'Hope Springs' on Starz
Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of March 31 - April 5, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies -------------------- SERIES Doctor Who The Doctor (Matt...
Tags: Matt Smith, Jeff Flake, BBC, George W. Bush, Gays and Lesbians
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Obama: 'Shame on us' if Congress forgets Newtown
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama pressed Congress on Thursday not to forget the heartbreak of the Newtown elementary school massacre and "get squishy" on tightened gun laws, though some lawmakers in his own Democratic Party remain a tough...
Tags: Shootings, Barack Obama, Jeff Flake, Mark Kirk, Republican Party
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