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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: John Boehner, Eric Harris, Newspaper and Magazine, FBI, Criminals
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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: Barack Obama, U.S. Congress, Gun Control, Personal Weapon Control, Patrick J. Toomey
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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: Mike Huckabee, Prince George's County, Lobbying, Gun Control, Bob McDonnell
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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: Gun Control, Mitt Romney, Movies, Michael Bloomberg, Elections
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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: Brian Schweitzer, Michelle Obama, Evan Bayh, Bill Clinton, Democratic Governors Association
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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: Bernard Sanders, Benjamin L. Cardin, Tom Udall, Kirsten Gillibrand, Dick Durbin
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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: Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., Democratic Governors Association, Republican Party, Democratic Party, Regional Authority
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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: Earl Ray Tomblin, Executive Branch, Government, U.S. Army, John D. Rockefeller IV
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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: Jeff Flake, Gun Control, Personal Weapon Control, Kelly Ayotte, Laws
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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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Lawmakers denounce IRS actions
The Register-Herald, Beckley, W.Va.A hearing is scheduled Friday on Capitol Hill by the House Ways and Means Committee to explore the political tactics the Internal Revenue Service allegedly used against the Tea Party and other conservative organizations. Another hearing is planned...Tags: U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means, Taxation, U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, John D. Rockefeller IV, Internal Revenue Service
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