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    May 17, 2013 |Story| McClatchy-Tribune

  1. N.D. delegation opposed to proposed fracking rule

    The Bismarck Tribune, N.D.
    The U.S. Department of the Interior is proposing a rule to require oil companies drilling on federal lands to publish chemicals used in fracking fluids, which North Dakota's congressional delegation says would interfere with state laws. "As North...

    Tags: Natural Resource Industry, Land Resources, John Hoeven, Environmental Issues, U.S. Department of the Interior

    2. May 10, 2013 |Story| Aberdeen News

  2. 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: Mark Begich, Amy Klobuchar, Immigration, Congressional Budget Office, U.S. House Committee on Agriculture

    3. Apr 29, 2013 |Story| McClatchy-Tribune

  3. Grand Forks Herald Tom Dennis column

    Grand Forks Herald
    Strange, isn't it? Bill Guy served as governor of North Dakota from 1961 to 1973. But when you read others' recollections of that service, you might find yourself forgetting that the era was one of the most divisive in the 20th century. Guy died...

    Tags: Elections, Highway Transportation, Missile Systems, Theodore Roosevelt, Executive Branch

    4. Apr 24, 2013 |Story| McClatchy-Tribune

  4. Tennessee Sen. Lamar Alexander presses for online sales tax

    Chattanooga Times Free Press, Tenn.
    Senators on Tuesday sought to humanize a bill that would let states require sales tax collection on all online purchases. To do so, they appeared with several small-business owners from Middle America who say it's a great idea. Meanwhile, eBay and other...

    Tags: Interior Policy, The New York Times, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Sales, Lamar Alexander

    5. Apr 19, 2013 |Column| Orlando Sentinel

  5. Courage in short supply

    WASHINGTON -- The gun bill was going down, but Sen. Joe Manchin, the West Virginia Democrat who reached a compromise to try to save it, went to the Senate floor Wednesday morning to give it one more try.
    WASHINGTON -- The gun bill was going down, but Sen. Joe Manchin, the West Virginia Democrat who reached a compromise to try to save it, went to the Senate floor Wednesday morning to give it one more try. In an unorthodox tactic, he appealed directly...

    Tags: Interior Policy, National Rifle Association of America, Gun Control, Johnny Isakson, Federal Gun Control Legislation (2013)

    6. Apr 19, 2013 |Column| Orlando Sentinel

  6. Shame on 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: Safety of Citizens, Max Baucus, Jared Lee Loughner, National Rifle Association of America, Orrin Hatch

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

  7. Gun control backers consider strategy after Senate defeat

    WASHINGTON — Supporters of stricter gun laws have organization, money and — after the Senate blocked an expansion of background-check requirements — 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: Interior Policy, Max Baucus, Democratic Party, National Rifle Association of America, Gun Control

    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 on Wednesday 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</a> &ndash; including four members of the president&rsquo;s own party.
    This post has been updated, as indicated below.
    WASHINGTON — The nonprofit advocacy group backing President Obama’s second-term agenda plans to mobilize constituents against the U.S. senators who on Wednesday helped defeat a measure to expand background checks – including four members...

    Tags: Elections, Barack Obama, Mark Begich, Interior Policy, Conservation

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

  9. 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: Laws, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Interior Policy, Max Baucus, National Rifle Association of America

    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 17, 2013 |Story| Petoskey News

  11. Senate blocks expanded gun sale background checks

    WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; Senate Republicans backed by a small band of rural-state Democrats scuttled the most far-reaching <span style="color: red;">gun</span> control legislation in two decades on Wednesday, rejecting calls to tighten background checks on firearms buyers as they spurned the personal pleas of families of the victims of last winter's mass elementary school shooting in Newtown, Conn.
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans backed by a small band of rural-state Democrats scuttled the most far-reaching gun control legislation in two decades on Wednesday, rejecting calls to tighten background checks on firearms buyers as they...

    Tags: Laws, Interior Policy, Max Baucus, National Rifle Association of America, New York City

    12. Apr 17, 2013 |Story| Petoskey News

  12. Senate vote nears, background check bill in peril

    WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; 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 ebbing public support for tightening gun control laws.
    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: Laws, Interior Policy, Max Baucus, Democratic Party, Gun Control

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