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    Apr 16, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Gun-control plan several votes short in Senate

    WASHINGTON -- A Senate plan to expand the background-check requirement for gun purchases faced a narrowing path to success Tuesday, as advocates for stricter laws sought to scrape together the last few votes they need from among a dwindling number of undecided senators.
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    WASHINGTON -- A Senate plan to expand the background-check requirement for gun purchases faced a narrowing path to success Tuesday, as advocates for stricter laws sought to scrape together the last few votes they need from among a dwindling number of...

    Tags: Jeff Flake, Lobbying, Richard Blumenthal, Gun Control, John McCain

    2. Apr 16, 2013 |Story| Aberdeen News

  2. Pressure cooker bombs suspected in Boston blast

    BOSTON -- Federal agents zeroed in Tuesday on how the Boston Marathon bombing was carried out -- with kitchen pressure cookers packed with explosives, nails and other lethal shrapnel -- but said they still didn’t know who did it and why.  An...

    Tags: Times Square, Television Industry, White House, Terrorism, Computer Crime

    3. Apr 13, 2013 |Story| Aberdeen News

  3. Farming: Old school for old boys

     While Max Baucus and Jon Tester are both Democrats, both U.S. senators and both Montana country boys, last month’s hurried vote to fund nearly $1 trillion of current federal spending shows just how different these Big Sky legislators really are....

    Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, The New York Times, Lobbying, Jon Tester, George W. Bush

    4. Apr 10, 2013 |Story| Petoskey News

  4. Deal on background checks is close, Senate roll call expected Thursday

    WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan deal seems imminent on expanding background checks to more gun buyers, an agreement that could build support for President Barack Obama's drive to curb firearms violence.
    WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan deal seems imminent on expanding background checks to more gun buyers, an agreement that could build support for President Barack Obama's drive to curb firearms violence. Meanwhile, the Senate is ready for an opening...

    Tags: Firearms, Ted Cruz, Laws, Barack Obama, Civil Rights

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

  5. Gun control deserves a vote

    Four months after 20 children were gunned down in Newtown, Conn., families of the dead are pleading with members of Congress to make it harder for criminals and the mentally disturbed to obtain firearms. That will happen only if a sufficient number of Republicans are willing to abandon their subservience to the National Rife Assn. and approve common-sense legislation supported by a majority of Americans.
    Four months after 20 children were gunned down in Newtown, Conn., families of the dead are pleading with members of Congress to make it harder for criminals and the mentally disturbed to obtain firearms. That will happen only if a sufficient number of...

    Tags: Criminals, Mitch McConnell, National Rifle Association of America, Illegal Immigrants, FBI

    6. Apr 10, 2013 |Story| Petoskey News

  6. Biden: Threats to block gun bill 'embarrassing'

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden says he refuses to believe a small group of senators will block a vote on gun legislation.
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden says he refuses to believe a small group of senators will block a vote on gun legislation. The vice president says it would be "embarrassing" if a filibuster would be the climax of a national tragedy like...

    Tags: Washington, DC, White House, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Politics, U.S. Senate

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

  7. 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 to have led to a deal.
    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, Laws, Elections, Personal Weapon Control

    8. Apr 9, 2013 |Story| Allentown Morning Call

  8. UPDATED: Status report on Toomey-Manchin gun talks expected around 5 p.m.

    UPDATED: Sen. Pat Toomey kept his head down as he quickly walked past a gaggle of reporters. Sen. Joe Manchin, the West Virginia Democrat who Toomey is working with on a background check compromise, sprinted past several huddled reporters, arms pumping, offering only a hasty, "Gotta go."
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    UPDATED: Sen. Pat Toomey kept his head down as he quickly walked past a gaggle of reporters. Sen. Joe Manchin, the West Virginia Democrat who Toomey is working with on a background check compromise, sprinted past several huddled reporters, arms pumping,...

    Tags: New York City, Elections, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, Personal Weapon Control, Michael Bloomberg

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

  9. 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 a group of Republicans.
    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: Shootings, Ted Cruz, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Voting, Chris Murphy

    10. Apr 8, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. Newtown families help Obama press for gun reform

    HARTFORD, Conn. — President Obama sought Monday to use the emotional pull of the Newtown school massacre to galvanize public support for his drive to pass stricter gun control measures, even as more than a dozen Republican senators promised to filibuster to block such votes.
    HARTFORD, Conn. — President Obama sought Monday to use the emotional pull of the Newtown school massacre to galvanize public support for his drive to pass stricter gun control measures, even as more than a dozen Republican senators promised to...

    Tags: University of Hartford, Lobbying, Laws, Newtown, Barack Obama

    11. Apr 8, 2013 |Story| Petoskey News

  11. 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 gun violence.
    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: University of Hartford, CBS Corp., Firearms, Work Relations, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary

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

  12. Senate committee approves John Brennan's nomination as CIA director

    WASHINGTON -- The Senate Intelligence Committee voted 12 to 3 on Tuesday to approve <a>John Brennan's </a>as the next CIA director, ending weeks of delay and setting the stage for the full Senate to vote on Brennan's nomination later this week.
    WASHINGTON -- The Senate Intelligence Committee voted 12 to 3 on Tuesday to approve John Brennan's as the next CIA director, ending weeks of delay and setting the stage for the full Senate to vote on Brennan's nomination later this week. The committee...

    Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, White House, John O. Brennan, John Brennan, Rand Paul

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