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    Feb 26, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Senate committee OKs Jacob Lew nomination for Treasury secretary

    WASHINGTON -- A Senate committee voted Tuesday to confirm <a href="74579720">Jacob J. Lew</a> as Treasury Secretary despite Republican concerns about his support for higher taxes to reduce the nation's debt as well as his tenure as a Citigroup Inc. executive before joining the Obama administration.
    WASHINGTON -- A Senate committee voted Tuesday to confirm Jacob J. Lew as Treasury Secretary despite Republican concerns about his support for higher taxes to reduce the nation's debt as well as his tenure as a Citigroup Inc. executive before joining...

    Tags: Orrin Hatch, Barack Obama, Citigroup Incorporated, Finance, Economy, Business and Finance

    2. Feb 26, 2013 |Column| Orlando Sentinel

  2. Do-nothing House Republicans

    WASHINGTON -- A meat cleaver hangs over the federal government, but the unflappable men and women of the House majority remain cool and poised.
    WASHINGTON -- A meat cleaver hangs over the federal government, but the unflappable men and women of the House majority remain cool and poised. With just a few days to stop automatic spending cuts from affecting everything from air travel to food...

    Tags: Politics, U.S. Congress, Steny Hoyer, Elections, John Boehner

    3. Mar 26, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Arizona gun shop won't sell assault weapon to Mark Kelly

    A gun shop in Tucson, Ariz., has canceled an effort by retired astronaut Mark Kelly, an outspoken gun-control advocate, to buy a semiautomatic rifle as a way of demonstrating how easy it is to buy powerful weapons.
    A gun shop in Tucson, Ariz., has canceled an effort by retired astronaut Mark Kelly, an outspoken gun-control advocate, to buy a semiautomatic rifle as a way of demonstrating how easy it is to buy powerful weapons. Kelly, the husband of former Rep....

    Tags: CNN (tv network), Jared Lee Loughner, Shootings, U.S. Congress, CBS Corp.

    4. Mar 25, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Obama tries to push stalled immigration talks forward

    <span class="runtimeTopic">WASHINGTON</span> &mdash; President Obama prodded congressional negotiators to reach agreement on a plan to overhaul the nation&rsquo;s immigration laws, saying despite delays and disputes he still wants a bill to emerge soon and debate in the Senate to begin next month.
    WASHINGTON — President Obama prodded congressional negotiators to reach agreement on a plan to overhaul the nation’s immigration laws, saying despite delays and disputes he still wants a bill to emerge soon and debate in the Senate to begin...

    Tags: U.S. Congress, Migration, Immigration, Barack Obama, Illegal Immigrants

    5. Mar 25, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. An assault weapons ban was doomed. Focus on background checks.

    WASHINGTON -- Earlier this month, <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-mcmanus-column-gun-control-20130303,0,3623994.column">I wrote</a> 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, I argued, would count as real progress toward more sensible gun regulation.
    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: Lobbying, Mark Kirk, U.S. Congress, U.S. House of Representatives, Dean Heller

    6. Mar 21, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Americans and their guns

    The 58% of Americans who favor a ban on assault weapons got a sad lesson in Washington politics this week when a major bill to end their sale, and to eliminate the high-capacity magazines that allow mass killers to do their awful work without pausing to reload, <a>was effectively squelched</a>.
    The 58% of Americans who favor a ban on assault weapons got a sad lesson in Washington politics this week when a major bill to end their sale, and to eliminate the high-capacity magazines that allow mass killers to do their awful work without pausing to...

    Tags: U.S. Congress, Barack Obama, Weaponry, Interior Policy, Personal Weapon Control

    7. Mar 22, 2013 |Column| Orlando Sentinel

  7. Denying victims a vote

    WASHINGTON -- Shame on Harry Reid for killing any prospect of an assault weapons ban. I understand why he did it, but that doesn't make it right.
    WASHINGTON -- Shame on Harry Reid for killing any prospect of an assault weapons ban. I understand why he did it, but that doesn't make it right. In his State of the Union address, President Obama spoke with fiery eloquence about the cost of gun...

    Tags: Lobbying, U.S. Congress, Barack Obama, Weaponry, Entertainment

    8. Mar 22, 2013 |Story| Petoskey News

  8. Reid: Background checks will be in Senate gun bill

    WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; Democrats are taking an aggressive stance in their drive to curb firearms, announcing that the gun control legislation the Senate debates next month will include expanded federal background checks for gun purchasers.
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats are taking an aggressive stance in their drive to curb firearms, announcing that the gun control legislation the Senate debates next month will include expanded federal background checks for gun purchasers. Senate...

    Tags: Mark Kirk, U.S. Congress, Barack Obama, Firearms, Interior Policy

    9. Mar 20, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Fuming over the assault weapons ban's failure

    To say that that the preponderance of letters we receive on assault weapons call for their ban wouldn't be an exaggeration. So when Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced Tuesday that the ban proposed by Sen. Dianne Feinstein wouldn't be brought to the floor for a vote, readers fumed.
    To say that that the preponderance of letters we receive on assault weapons call for their ban wouldn't be an exaggeration. So when Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced Tuesday that the ban proposed by Sen. Dianne Feinstein wouldn't be brought to...

    Tags: Human Interest, U.S. Congress, Weaponry, The Happiest News!, Interior Policy

    10. Mar 21, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  10. Supporters mount campaign to preserve assault weapons ban

    Gov. Martin O'Malley and gun-control advocates launched an offensive Thursday to protect his proposed ban on assault-type weapons from a House committee's efforts to scale it back.
    Gov. Martin O'Malley and gun-control advocates launched an offensive Thursday to protect his proposed ban on assault-type weapons from a House committee's efforts to scale it back. "Military-style assault weapons belong on the battlefield, NOT on the...

    Tags: U.S. Congress, Anthony G. Brown, Martin O'Malley, Interior Policy, Firearms

    11. Mar 21, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. Biden, Bloomberg lean on Congress to act on guns

    Vice President Joe Biden, seeking to reinvigorate slowing momentum for gun control legislation, urged Congress on Thursday to be courageous in supporting new laws and insisted that the political risks of supporting such laws were overblown.
    Vice President Joe Biden, seeking to reinvigorate slowing momentum for gun control legislation, urged Congress on Thursday to be courageous in supporting new laws and insisted that the political risks of supporting such laws were overblown. Biden...

    Tags: U.S. Congress, Interior Policy, Personal Weapon Control, Gun Control, Assault

    12. Mar 21, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. Letters: Failure of Feinstein's assault weapons ban

    Re "Feinstein assault weapons ban fails," March 20 We all owe Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) great thanks for her pursuit of a federal assault weapons ban, but it is quite clear that if the horrific massacre in Connecticut in December didn't...

    Tags: Dianne Feinstein, Politics, Elections, Weaponry, Interior Policy

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