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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. Congress, Gun Control, Career and Workplace, Crime, Law and Justice, Joe Manchin III
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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: U.S. Congress, Marco Rubio, Crime, Law and Justice, Migration, Barack Obama
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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. Congress, Assault, Gun Control, Kay Hagan, Ted Cruz
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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. Congress, Gun Control, Assault, Kay Hagan, Ted Cruz
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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. Congress, George W. Bush, Gun Control, Teaching and Learning, American Civil Liberties Union
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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: Jeff Flake, Richard Blumenthal, Crime, Law and Justice, Marriage, U.S. Navy
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Border Patrol struggles to measure what it can't see
SAN DIEGO — Kathy Gomez estimates that U.S. Border Patrol agents catch 75% of the migrants who try to run through the strawberry fields at her farm near the border with Tijuana. Farther east, Miguel Diaz thinks the number hits 90% at his junkyard...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Justice System, Career and Workplace, Illegal Immigrants, U.S. Border Patrol
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Boehner vows to press ahead with 'Plan B' votes
WASHINGTON – The lines of communication seem less open. In a terse statement to reporters made not long after President Obama called on cooler heads to prevail in negotiations on the "fiscal cliff," House Speaker John Boehner said Republicans...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Parties and Movements, U.S. Senate, Plan B (drug), Elections
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Condoleezza Rice, Taylor Branch on ‘Face the Nation’; Eva Longoria on ‘This Week’
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelWhite House senior adviser David Plouffe will be a guest on ABC's “This Week,” CBS' “Face the Nation,” CNN's “State of the Union” and “Fox News Sunday.” The guest lineup this Sunday morning: “Fox... -
Straight-FORWARD: President Obama and the Senate’s New Legislative Strategy
Orlando Opinionators - Orlando SentinelLast Monday the so-called “Gang of Eight”, a bi-partisan coalition of senior level Republican and Democratic senators led by Chuck Schumer (D,NY) and Marco Rubio (R,FL), unveiled their outline for comprehensive immigration reform. Not to be... -
‘Meet the Press’ exclusive: Barack Obama is the guest
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelABC's "This Week" inteviews Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz. The program starts at 11 a.m. on WFTV-Channel 9. Other guests are Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., and Rep. Raul Labrador, R-Idaho. ABC's Jonathan Karl will lead a roundtable... -
No assault weapons ban: Not in Democrat's Senate bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — An assault weapons ban won't be in the gun-control legislation that Democrats bring to the Senate floor next month, a decision that means the ban's chances of survival now are all but hopeless. The ban is the most controversial...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Gun Control, Assault, Crime, Law and Justice, Weaponry
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Mar 20, 2013
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