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Newtown tragedy brings bipartisanship back to Congress
They started out with a lot in common -- Joe Manchin and Patrick Toomey. Sure, one's a Democrat and one's a Republican, but they're both conservatives, both longtime gun owners and both sport an "A" rating from the National Rifle Association. But now...
Tags: Criminals, Newspaper and Magazine, Patrick J. Toomey, Current TV (tv network), Government
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How could 31 Senators vote against debating expanded background checks?
How could it be that even a single U.S. senator — no matter how opposed to gun control — could vote to hold up consideration of a proposal to require background checks for gun purchases? This is an idea not only embraced by something in the...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Personal Weapon Control, Interior Policy, Patrick J. Toomey, National Rifle Association of America
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Too many people who should not have guns do
On the day after the recent massacre at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn., police in Newport Beach, Calif., took a man into custody for allegedly firing more than 50 rounds from a semi-automatic handgun in the parking lot of a shopping mall. He aimed...
Tags: North Miami, Joe Lieberman, Mike Huckabee, Lauderdale Lakes, Lobbying
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What does the NRA say now?
The rifle Adam Lanza used to kill 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School is a descendant of the military's M-16 rifle. The bullets it fires are not as large as those used in some other rifles, but the gun's high muzzle velocity makes...
Tags: Michael Bloomberg, Democratic Party, Talk Shows (genre), MSNBC (tv network), Barack Obama
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O'Malley did his job — on and off stage
Gov. Martin O'Malley did his job Tuesday night in Charlotte. He fired up the party faithful with a call and response: "Forward, Not Back." He hit the Republican nominee hard on his Swiss bank accounts — reinforcing a campaign message that Mitt...
Tags: Martin O'Malley, Julian Castro, Democratic Party, Rudy Giuliani, Barack Obama
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Cardin, Mikulski urge Obama to speed withdrawal from Afghanistan
The Baltimore SunSens. Benjamin L. Cardin and Barbara A. Mikulski urged President Barack Obama on Wednesday to speed the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Afghanistan. The Maryland Democrats joined a group of 24 senators in declaring the mission in Afghanistan...Tags: Jeff Merkley, Sheldon Whitehouse, Armed Conflicts, International Military Interventions, Mike Lee
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O'Malley chosen to lead Democratic governors
Martin O'Malley was selected by his peers Wednesday to chair the Democratic Governors Association, a platform from which he says he will build the party and promote candidates who will invest in education and infrastructure. "Our agenda is one of...
Tags: Martin O'Malley, Peter Shumlin, Beverly Perdue, Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., Democratic Party
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Mayors Against Illegal Guns targets first Democrat
The Michael Bloomberg-backed group Mayors Against Illegal Guns is following up on its promise to hound Senate Democrats who voted against gun control legislation in April. In an ad that launched Friday, Sen. Mark Pryor (D-Ark.) is implored by a...
Tags: Michael Bloomberg, Democratic Party, Patrick J. Toomey, Federal Gun Control Legislation (2013), Barack Obama
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House Speaker Thompson appointed to Department of Veterans Assistance
The Dominion Post, Morgantown, W.Va.House Speaker Rick Thompson will take a new post as secretary of the Department of Veterans Assistance. Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin announced Thompson's appointment Thursday morning. Current Secretary Keith Gwinn is retiring for health reasons, Tomblin said....Tags: Armed Forces, Executive Branch, Earl Ray Tomblin, American Legion, U.S. Army
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Toomey is open to reviving background-check bill
The Philadelphia InquirerSen. Pat Toomey (R., Pa.) hasn't given up on his bill to expand background checks for gun purchases, he said Thursday, signaling more willingness to return to the plan than he had publicly shown before. "If we could find a way to bring some more folks...Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Interior Policy, Patrick J. Toomey, Jeff Flake, The Philadelphia Inquirer
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New suit related to scandal
The Dominion Post, Morgantown, W.Va.A new civil lawsuit has been filed against WVU's Board of Governors (BOG) and five others by two former deans cleared of academic misconduct in connection with the Heather Bresch degree scandal. R. Stephen Sears, former College of Business and Economics...Tags: Trials, Justice System
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