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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, Government, Mitch McConnell, Federal Gun Control Legislation (2013), Patrick J. Toomey

    2. May 20, 2013 |Story| Petoskey News

  2. 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: Mike Rounds, Lawyers, Mitch McConnell, Same-Sex Marriage, Dwayne Johnson

    3. May 15, 2013 |Story| McClatchy-Tribune

  3. McCain wants major change in the way cable TV is sold

    The Philadelphia Inquirer
    Americans are at a "tipping point" as it regards their monthly pay-TV bill and should be given the option of purchasing channels individually instead of as a bundle with hundreds of channels, Arizona Sen. John McCain told a Senate panel Tuesday. "I...

    Tags: Media Industry, Television Industry, John McCain, Television, The Philadelphia Inquirer

    4. May 10, 2013 |Story| Aberdeen News

  4. 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, Amy Klobuchar, Debbie Stabenow, U.S. House Committee on Agriculture, Immigration

    5. May 3, 2013 |Story| Bloomberg

  5. 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: Jeff Flake, Executive Branch, Kelly Ayotte, Government, Mitch McConnell

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

  6. 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: Executive Branch, Mike Johanns, Government, Lawyers, Healthcare Policies

    7. Apr 22, 2013 |Story| McClatchy-Tribune

  7. EDITORIAL: Bad Week For Pryor Finally Ended

    Times Record, Fort Smith, Ark.
    Last week wasn't a great week for Arkansas' senior senator, Democrat Mark Pryor. Sen. Pryor, who has been targeted by the GOP for unseating in 2014, seemed to reap the worst of every story. In Arkansas, the senator was pilloried by both sides in the...

    Tags: Federal Aviation Administration, Personal Weapon Control, John Boozman, Barack Obama, Air Transportation Industry

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

  8. 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, Online Advertising, Lobbying, Federal Gun Control Legislation (2013), Gun Control

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

  9. 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.
    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, Jeff Flake, The Wall Street Journal, Mental Health, Federal Gun Control Legislation (2013)

    10. Apr 17, 2013 | Chicago Tribune

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

  11. 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, Federal Gun Control Legislation (2013), Same-Sex Marriage, Gun Control, Patrick J. Toomey

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

  12. Gun control: Wait till next year -- or the year after

    Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) formally suspended the Democrats&rsquo; drive for new&nbsp;gun control&nbsp;legislation Thursday, shelving his party&rsquo;s bill after Wednesday&rsquo;s defeat of its centerpiece, a measure for expanded background checks on gun purchasers. But Reid, along with President Obama and&nbsp;former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco), insisted that they are determined to fight on. &ldquo;This debate is not over,&rdquo; Reid said. &ldquo;In fact, this fight is just beginning.&rdquo;
    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: Personal Weapon Control, John McCain, Mark Kirk, Susan Collins, Federal Gun Control Legislation (2013)

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