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Newtown Families Make Their Case In Washington
The Hartford CourantWASHINGTON — At the end of an emotional day of deeply personal meetings with senators Wednesday, families of victims of the Newtown school massacre sat down for a public conversation with Sen. Joe Manchin, the West Virginia Democrat who had just...Tags: Chris Murphy, Patrick J. Toomey, James Inhofe, U.S. Congress, Personal Weapon Control
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Senate votes to overcome filibuster of gun bill
WASHINGTON – The Senate crossed the first of many hurdles Thursday in the drive to pass new gun legislation, with a bipartisan vote to begin what could be weeks of debate on the issue. By a 68-31 margin, senators moved to open formal consideration...
Tags: Health and Safety at School, Joe Manchin III, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Patrick J. Toomey, Chuck Schumer
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New Senate gun measure unveiled, and this one's bipartisan
WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of senators unveiled a new measure Monday to combat illegal gun trafficking, a sign of momentum for one element of President Obama’s initiative to reduce gun violence. The primary focus of the bill is to combat...
Tags: Los Angeles Times Journalists, Patrick Leahy, Washington, DC, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Dick Durbin
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Sequester's Looming Meat Ax Coming At Connecticut
Deficit-hawk Republicans say the $85 billion across-the-board budget cuts that begin Friday under the sequester banner, unless Congress regains its senses, won't make much of an impact on a $3.5 trillion budget. They're wrong. It could cost thousands,...
Tags: Government, White House, Budget Control Act of 2011, Government Debt, U.S. Department of Defense
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Senators report deal on gun control legislation
WASHINGTON — The Senate moved Tuesday to begin long-anticipated deliberations this week over new gun laws as Republicans appeared to lack the strength to block the debate and bipartisan talks over expanding background checks on gun buyers appeared...
Tags: White House, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Patrick J. Toomey, U.S. Congress, Personal Weapon Control
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Malloy Signs Gun Control Bill, One Of Strictest In Nation
The Hartford CourantHARTFORD — Flanked by family members of Newtown massacre victims and the legislative leaders who spent months trying to respond to their tragedy, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy signed a sweeping gun-control bill Thursday whose big provisions — such...Tags: Adam Lanza, Health and Safety at School, Connecticut Gun Control Law (2013), Newspaper and Magazine, U.S. Congress
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Senate moves to begin debate on gun measures
WASHINGTON -- The Senate may begin voting as soon as Thursday on legislation intended to reduce gun violence, after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) decided Tuesday to initiate the procedural steps required to overcome a threatened filibuster by...
Tags: Chris Murphy, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Patrick J. Toomey, Ted Cruz, U.S. Congress
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Conn. gun law seen as model for Congress, states
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Gov. Dannel P. Malloy signed into law sweeping new restrictions on weapons and large capacity ammunition magazines Thursday in response to the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, a bipartisan deal that gun control...
Tags: Adam Lanza, Government, Newspaper and Magazine, Firearms, Sandy Hook Elementary School
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New gun laws: Will Congress ever follow suit?
Congress is expected to consider new gun legislation next week, including universal background checks and a federal gun-trafficking ban. Will Connecticut’s new restrictions, expected to pass Wednesday, and Colorado’s recent measures prompt...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Interior Policy, Personal Weapon Control, Politics, Gun Control
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U.S. Senators Blumenthal, Murphy Say CT Will Give Them Momentum in Washington, D.C.
The Hartford CourantSaying that Connecticut can help the national effort on gun control, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy came to the state Capitol in Hartford to congratulate Democratic senators for passing one of the strongest gun control bills in the...Tags: Judges, Chris Murphy, Washington, DC, New Britain, Newspaper and Magazine
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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. Navy, Game of Thrones (tv program), Same-Sex Marriage, BBC, Washington, DC
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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: Same-Sex Marriage, Religious Events, Washington, DC, Charles Lane, David Axelrod
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