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    Apr 19, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  1. 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 over. And this is one of them.
    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: Criminals, Mitch McConnell, Mike Crapo, Republican Party, Jared Lee Loughner

    2. May 17, 2013 |Story| McClatchy-Tribune

  2. N.D. delegation opposed to proposed fracking rule

    The Bismarck Tribune, N.D.
    The U.S. Department of the Interior is proposing a rule to require oil companies drilling on federal lands to publish chemicals used in fracking fluids, which North Dakota's congressional delegation says would interfere with state laws. "As North...

    Tags: Natural Resources, U.S. Department of the Interior, John Hoeven, Natural Resource Industry, Petroleum Industry

    3. May 10, 2013 |Story| Aberdeen News

  3. 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: Thad Cochran, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Congressional Budget Office, Immigration, Debbie Stabenow

    4. May 3, 2013 |Story| Bloomberg

  4. NRA Celebrates Gun Control Defeat as Tension Builds for Senators (Houston)

    HOUSTON — Weeks after the Senate defeated a proposed expansion of background checks on gun purchases, the annual conference of the National Rifle Association here has a celebratory atmosphere.
    Bloomberg
    HOUSTON — Weeks after the Senate defeated a proposed expansion of background checks on gun purchases, the annual conference of the National Rifle Association here has a celebratory atmosphere. "I was so proud of the American public, and the NRA,...

    Tags: Mitch McConnell, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Joe Manchin III, Republican Party, Gabrielle Giffords

    5. Apr 29, 2013 |Story| McClatchy-Tribune

  5. Grand Forks Herald Tom Dennis column

    Grand Forks Herald
    Strange, isn't it? Bill Guy served as governor of North Dakota from 1961 to 1973. But when you read others' recollections of that service, you might find yourself forgetting that the era was one of the most divisive in the 20th century. Guy died...

    Tags: Republican Party, Byron Dorgan, Highway Transportation, Regional Authority, Botulism

    6. Apr 24, 2013 |Story| McClatchy-Tribune

  6. Tennessee Sen. Lamar Alexander presses for online sales tax

    Chattanooga Times Free Press, Tenn.
    Senators on Tuesday sought to humanize a bill that would let states require sales tax collection on all online purchases. To do so, they appeared with several small-business owners from Middle America who say it's a great idea. Meanwhile, eBay and other...

    Tags: eBay Inc., Personal Weapon Control, Lamar Alexander, Gun Control, Regional Authority

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

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

    <span class="runtimeTopic">WASHINGTON</span> &mdash; The nonprofit advocacy group backing President Obama&rsquo;s second-term agenda plans to mobilize constituents against the U.S. senators who helped <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-guns-senate-20130418,0,343889.story" target="_self">defeat a measure to expand background checks Wednesday</a> &ndash; including four members of the president&rsquo;s own party.
    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: Personal Weapon Control, Republican Party, Gun Control, Patrick J. Toomey, Organizing for Action

    8. Apr 17, 2013 | Chicago Tribune

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

    Change of Subject
    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......
    9. Apr 19, 2013 |Column| Orlando Sentinel

  9. Courage in short supply

    WASHINGTON -- The gun bill was going down, but Sen. Joe Manchin, the West Virginia Democrat who reached a compromise to try to save it, went to the Senate floor Wednesday morning to give it one more try.
    WASHINGTON -- The gun bill was going down, but Sen. Joe Manchin, the West Virginia Democrat who reached a compromise to try to save it, went to the Senate floor Wednesday morning to give it one more try. In an unorthodox tactic, he appealed directly...

    Tags: Dean Heller, Joe Manchin III, Republican Party, Chuck Grassley, Federal Gun Control Legislation (2013)

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

  10. Gun control backers consider strategy after Senate defeat

    WASHINGTON &mdash; Supporters of stricter gun laws have organization, money and &mdash; after the Senate blocked an expansion of background-check requirements &mdash; 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: Mitch McConnell, Joe Manchin III, Republican Party, Mark Kirk, Federal Gun Control Legislation (2013)

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

  11. Senate rejects gun background check measure

    WASHINGTON &mdash; 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: Sandy Hook Elementary School, Joe Manchin III, Dianne Feinstein, Republican Party, Voting

    12. Apr 17, 2013 |Story| Aberdeen News

  12. 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: Joe Manchin III, Rand Paul, Republican Party, Firearms, Mark Kirk

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