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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: Republican Party, Richard Shelby, Heidi Heitkamp, Mark Kirk, Mitch McConnell

    2. May 24, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. 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.
    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: Federal Gun Control Legislation (2013), Michael Bloomberg, Mental Health, Gun Control, Interior Policy

    3. May 20, 2013 |Story| Petoskey News

  3. 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: Mary L. Landrieu, Republican Party, Eric Holder, Mitch McConnell, Symptoms

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

  4. 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: Gordon Smith, John McCain, Television Industry, Media Industry, The Philadelphia Inquirer

    5. May 10, 2013 |Story| Aberdeen News

  5. 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: Debbie Stabenow, Heidi Heitkamp, U.S. House Committee on Agriculture, Congressional Budget Office, Jon Tester

    6. May 3, 2013 |Story| Bloomberg

  6. 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: Republican Party, Michael Bloomberg, Heidi Heitkamp, Interior Policy, Joe Manchin III

    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: Federal Gun Control Legislation (2013), Republican Party, Online Advertising, Heidi Heitkamp, Gun Control

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

  8. 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: Federal Gun Control Legislation (2013), Mental Health, Gun Control, Interior Policy, Joe Manchin III

    9. Apr 17, 2013 | Chicago Tribune

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

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    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......
    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: Michael Bloomberg, Republican Party, Heidi Heitkamp, Mark Kirk, Interior Policy

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

  11. 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: Federal Gun Control Legislation (2013), Nancy Pelosi, Mark Kirk, Gun Control, Interior Policy

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

  12. 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: Republican Party, Michael Bloomberg, Heidi Heitkamp, Lobbying, Mark Kirk

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