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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. Two top-tier Democratic prospects recently bypassed running for Senate seats in Georgia and South Dakota,...
Tags: Justice System, Breast Cancer, Joe Biden, Mitch McConnell, Kristi Noem
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Gabrielle Giffords' story a different kind of profile in courage
Gabrielle Giffords received a Profile in Courage award this weekend at the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston. The award is fitting, though she is displaying a different kind of courage than was celebrated by the late president in his 1957 best-selling...
Tags: Justice System, Jeff Flake, Mitch McConnell, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Kelly Ayotte
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Hanna, Age 12, Guest Blogger
Hello! My name is Hanna. I live in Farmington and go to school in West Hartford at a great school called Renbrook. I am twelve years old and in seventh grade. For this year, my father lives in Washington, D.C. and works for Senator Rockefeller when he was...
Tags: John D. Rockefeller IV, West Hartford, FBI, Joe Biden, Washington, DC
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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: Carl Levin, Justice System, John D. Rockefeller IV, Healthcare Laws, Tom Harkin
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Senate vote nears, background check bill in peril
WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan effort to expand background checks is in deep trouble as the Senate approaches a long-awaited vote on the linchpin of the drive to curb gun violence. As the showdown draws near, an Associated Press-GfK poll shows...
Tags: Chuck Schumer, Dick Durbin, Barack Obama, Patrick J. Toomey, Washington, DC
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Gun background-check supporters struggle for votes
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate gun control supporters struggled Tuesday to salvage their drive to expand background checks to more buyers, buoyed by a visit from wounded former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords but facing enough potential opponents to derail...
Tags: Justice System, Chuck Schumer, Joe Biden, Today (tv program), Dick Durbin
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Proposed gun amendment faces uphill battle in Senate
WASHINGTON — A single conversation on the Senate floor Monday illustrated the challenges senators face in pushing a bipartisan measure to extend background checks to most gun sales. Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.), the chief author of the proposal,...
Tags: Jeff Flake, Mitch McConnell, Frank Lautenberg, Lisa Murkowski, Joe Manchin III
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Senate votes to consider gun control laws
WASHINGTON — In a lopsided vote, the Senate launched a debate Thursday over the most significant gun legislation in more than a decade, setting up a contest that could last weeks between reinvigorated advocates for stricter laws and conservatives...
Tags: Chuck Schumer, Robin Kelly, Michael Bloomberg, Barack Obama, Patrick J. Toomey
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Deal on background checks is close, Senate roll call expected Thursday
WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan deal seems imminent on expanding background checks to more gun buyers, an agreement that could build support for President Barack Obama's drive to curb firearms violence. Meanwhile, the Senate is ready for an opening...
Tags: Chuck Schumer, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, Mitch McConnell, Saxby Chambliss, Johnny Isakson
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Obama: 'Shame on us' if Congress forgets Newtown
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama pressed Congress on Thursday not to forget the heartbreak of the Newtown elementary school massacre and "get squishy" on tightened gun laws, though some lawmakers in his own Democratic Party remain a tough...
Tags: Quinnipiac University, Chuck Schumer, Jeff Flake, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, Saxby Chambliss
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Supreme Court gay marriage debate prompts lawmakers to state support
WASHINGTON -- Six Democratic senators have announced their support for same-sex marriage in nearly as many days, policy reversals that reflect the changing politics of the issue as the Supreme Court hears arguments in potential landmark cases. Since...Tags: John D. Rockefeller IV, Marriage, Nancy Pelosi, Same-Sex Marriage, Jon Tester
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Pro-gun voters put heat on Democratic senators
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Max Baucus has been here before. Back during the Clinton era, the Democrat faced a choice: support an assault weapons ban urged by a president from his own party and risk angering constituents who cherish their gun...
Tags: Barack Obama, Shootings, Interior Policy, Kay Hagan, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
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