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The weak in review --Timid Senate falters on equally timid gun control measure
Change of SubjectFriday's print column It was dismaying. Not that the U.S. Senate on Wednesday rejected a major gun-control proposal that would have required universal background checks prior to all firearm sales. But that such a proposal, popular though it is in...... -
If dreams could come true
When Caterpillar CEO Doug Oberhelman stood with Mayor Rahm Emanuel and more than a hundred of Chicago's corporate leaders recently to argue that comprehensive immigration reform was critically needed by American business, I was asked to begin the press...
Tags: Employment Opportunities, DREAM Act, Students, Immigration, Colleges and Universities
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Swift, hopeful reaction to immigration bill
WASHINGTON – An eagerly awaited immigration overhaul from a bipartisan group of senators arrived early Wednesday, an 844-page bill that both the political left and right now see as the best chance in decades to achieve fix a broken immigration...
Tags: Marriott International Inc., Luis Gutierrez, Immigration, National Security, John McCain
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Police said to have suspect in mind in Senate ricin letter case
WASHINGTON (AP) — Police have a suspect in mind as they investigate a letter mailed to Sen. Roger Wicker that tested positive for poisonous ricin, a Senate colleague said. "The person that is a suspect writes a lot of letters to members," Sen....Tags: Government Postal Delivery, FBI, Tom Daschle, Carl Levin, Police Investigations
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Bipartisan group introduces immigration reform bill
WASHINGTON -- A bipartisan group of senators has introduced a bill to overhaul immigration laws and provide a path to legal status for an estimated 11 million people who overstayed their visas or illegally entered the United States, Senate aides said....Tags: Bob Menendez, Marco Rubio, National Security, Immigration, John McCain
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Senate vote nears, background check bill in peril
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: Gabrielle Giffords, Chuck Schumer, Mark Pryor, Heidi Heitkamp, Barack Obama
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Senate showdown set on gun control
WASHINGTON — After four months of debate and maneuvering, the Senate headed for a showdown over gun control — a series of back-to-back votes on rival plans Wednesday afternoon that could end in the collapse of the entire effort. The...
Tags: Gabrielle Giffords, Lobbying, Frank Lautenberg, John McCain, Timothy M. Kaine
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Gun-control plan several votes short in Senate
This post has been corrected and updated as indicated below.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: Lobbying, John McCain, Timothy M. Kaine, Chuck Schumer, Jeff Flake
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Gun background-check supporters struggle for votes
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate gun control supporters struggled Tuesday to salvage their drive to expand background checks to more buyers, buoyed by a visit from wounded former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords but facing enough potential opponents to derail...
Tags: Gabrielle Giffords, Chuck Schumer, Mark Pryor, Heidi Heitkamp, Barack Obama
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Criticism of immigration bill from left and right
WASHINGTON (AP) — To some conservatives, it's amnesty. To some immigration advocates, it's unnecessarily punitive. The Senate's new bipartisan immigration bill drew criticism from the right and from the left Tuesday — convincing members of...
Tags: Employment Opportunities, Sports, Justice and Rights, Immigration, Parties and Movements
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Professor Yunus to receive Congressional Gold Medal
This week, Professor Muhammad Yunus will become only the seventh person in history to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal. Congress will present Professor Yunus with the Gold Medal to honor his...Tags: Awards and Prizes, Financial and Business Services, Nobel Prize Awards, Entertainment Events
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Sen. Rubio defends immigration bill emerging from bipartisan group
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) blitzed the airwaves Sunday to defend the immigration bill being written by four Republican and four Democratic senators. Speaking on seven news shows -- including two Spanish-language broadcasts -- Rubio said the...Tags: Tea Party Movement, Fox News Channel (tv network), Gun Control, Marco Rubio, FBI
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