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    May 23, 2013 |Story| Allentown Morning Call

  1. Senate rejected Toomey-backed sugar amendment to farm bill

    Disputes over the government's sugar program break down regionally rather than politically. It pits lawmakers from states like Pennsylvania where candy making is big business against those from states where sugar is grown.
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    Disputes over the government's sugar program break down regionally rather than politically. It pits lawmakers from states like Pennsylvania where candy making is big business against those from states where sugar is grown. Helping to lead the candy...

    Tags: Robert P. Casey, Jr., Trade Agreements, Politics, Economic Organization, North American Free Trade Agreement

    2. May 17, 2013 |Story| McClatchy-Tribune

  2. 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 Resources, Land Resources, U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources, Petroleum Industry, Natural Resource Industry

    3. May 10, 2013 |Story| Aberdeen News

  3. 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: Congressional Budget Office, Mark Pryor, Immigration, Mark Begich, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013)

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

  4. 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: Botulism, Military Equipment, Theodore Roosevelt, John Hoeven, Politics

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

  5. 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: Washington, DC, Mark Pryor, Mark Begich, Max Baucus, Politics

    6. Apr 17, 2013 | Chicago Tribune

  6. 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......
    7. Apr 19, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  7. 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...

    Tags: National Rifle Association of America, Mark Kirk, Entertainment, Mark Begich, Jared Lee Loughner

    8. Apr 19, 2013 |Column| Orlando Sentinel

  8. 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: National Rifle Association of America, Personal Weapon Control, Joe Biden, Elections, Lobbying

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

  9. 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: National Rifle Association of America, Mark Kirk, Mark Begich, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, Max Baucus

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

  10. 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: National Rifle Association of America, Mark Kirk, Mark Begich, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, Max Baucus

    11. Apr 17, 2013 |Story| Aberdeen News

  11. Senate blocks expanded gun sale background checks

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans, backed by a small band of rural-state Democrats, turned away legislation Wednesday to tighten restrictions on the sale of firearms, rejecting repeated appeals from President Barack Obama and personal pleas by...

    Tags: National Rifle Association of America, Mark Kirk, Washington, DC, Mark Begich, Rand Paul

    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: Washington, DC, Mark Begich, Max Baucus, Personal Weapon Control, Gun Control

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