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Schumer sees deal this week on immigration
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Chuck Schumer said Sunday he's hoping for a bipartisan deal by the end of this week on a sweeping immigration bill to secure the border and allow eventual citizenship to the estimated 11 million people living here illegally....
Tags: U.S. Senate, Fox News Channel (tv network), Immigration, AFL-CIO, CNN (tv network)
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Senators work on deal expanding background checks
WASHINGTON (AP) — Talks between two influential senators have emerged as the most promising route for a bipartisan breakthrough on expanding federal background checks for gun buyers, a pivotal part of President Barack Obama's plan for combating...
Tags: U.S. Senate, Immigration, Joe Manchin III, Tom Coburn, Firearms
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Senators disagree on how close they are to a deal on immigration
WASHINGTON — Key senators trying to negotiate an agreement on immigration reform were divided Sunday on how close they are to reaching a consensus on the legislation. Sens. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), touting a...
Tags: Immigration, AFL-CIO, NBC (tv network), Politics, U.S. Congress
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As a rising GOP star, Rubio treads a fine line on immigration
WASHINGTON — When Marco Rubio was the No. 3 Republican in the Florida House of Representatives, he worked with Democrats in 2003 to protect farmworkers from unscrupulous contractors and harmful pesticides. "My heart goes out to the workers in this...
Tags: U.S. Senate, Tea Party Movement, Dianne Feinstein, Immigration, Labor Legislation
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Column: National Rifle Association winning gun battle
President Barack Obama pleaded with Congress last week to remember the victims of December’s schoolhouse shootings in Connecticut and tighten the nation’s gun laws. "Shame on us if we’ve forgotten," he said. "Don’t get squishy."...Tags: U.S. Senate, New York City, Tea Party Movement, Tom Coburn, Television Stations
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McManus: Gun control, DOA
President Obama pleaded with Congress last week to remember the victims of December's schoolhouse shootings in Connecticut and tighten the nation's gun laws. "Shame on us if we've forgotten," he said. "Don't get squishy." But four months after the...
Tags: U.S. Senate, Tea Party Movement, Tom Coburn, Television Stations, Interior Policy
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NRA-backed panel offers school safety gun measures
WASHINGTON— A National Rifle Assn.-backed task force unveiled a sweeping set of proposed school safety measures Tuesday, a counter to gun control bills introduced after the Connecticut mass shooting. The most attention-getting recommendation: to...
Tags: U.S. Senate, Gun Control, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, Health and Safety at School, Firearms
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NRA-backed task force unveils sweeping school safety proposal
WASHINGTON — A National Rifle Assn.-backed task force unveiled a sweeping set of proposed school safety measures Tuesday, the gun rights group’s counterproposal to the spate of gun control bills introduced in the wake of the mass shooting in...
Tags: U.S. Senate, Civil Rights, Gun Control, Teachers, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting
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Saturday's TV Highlights: 'Hope Springs' on Starz
Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of March 31 - April 5, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies -------------------- SERIES Doctor Who The Doctor (Matt...
Tags: U.S. Senate, Matt Smith, Tom Burke, Chris Hardwick, Entertainment
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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: U.S. Senate, New York City, Shootings, Joe Manchin III, Republican Party
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Rob Reiner on 'Meet the Press'; Richard Land on 'This Week'
Staff writerThe Sunday morning chat shows will get religion for Easter. They also will focus on the gay marriage issues before the U.S. Supreme Court. Cardinal Timothy Egan, archbishop of New York, will be a guest on ABC's "This Week" and CBS' "Face the Nation."...Tags: Fox News Channel (tv network), MSNBC (tv network), Religion and Belief, CNN (tv network), Gays and Lesbians
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An assault weapons ban was doomed. Focus on background checks.
WASHINGTON -- Earlier this month, I wrote that the Senate was making quiet progress toward passing a gun control bill that would make background checks mandatory on buyers in almost all gun purchases, including most sales between individuals. And that,...
Tags: U.S. Senate, Gun Control, Dianne Feinstein, Tom Coburn, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Mar 31, 2013
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Apr 4, 2013
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Apr 3, 2013
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Mar 29, 2013
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Mar 29, 2013
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Mar 29, 2013
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Mar 25, 2013
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