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Bill to expand gun background checks faces likely defeat in Senate
Associated PressA bipartisan effort to expand background checks faced almost certain defeat Wednesday as the Senate approached a long-awaited vote on the linchpin of the drive to curb gun violence. As the showdown drew near, an Associated Press-GfK poll showed ebbing...Tags: Federal Gun Control Legislation (2013), Jay Carney, Politics, U.S. Senate, Rand Paul
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Gun control loses: No expanded background checks
Senate Republicans backed by a small band of rural-state Democrats scuttled the most far-reaching gun control legislation in two decades Wednesday, rejecting tighter background checks for buyers and a ban on assault weapons as they spurned pleas from...
Tags: Federal Gun Control Legislation (2013), Jay Carney, John McCain, Politics, Mark Kirk
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Boston bombs said to have been made from pressure cookers
Associated PressFederal 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. The FBI and...Tags: FBI, Computer Crime, Fort Hood Shootings (2009), Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), U.S. Senate
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Gun control passes first hurdle in Senate
Associated PressWatched by tearful relatives of Newtown school massacre victims, gun control supporters in the Senate won the first showdown over how to respond to the December shootings in Connecticut, defeating an effort by conservatives to derail firearms restrictions...Tags: Mary L. Landrieu, Politics, Civil Rights, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Justice and Rights
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Group wants background checks for firearm buyers
holly.shok@herald-mail.comOne hundred days after the second-deadliest school shooting in United States history, community members gathered at the Boonsboro Free Library on Thursday to sign a petition advocating universal background checks for firearm sales. Hosted by public...Tags: Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, Barbara A. Mikulski, Arts and Culture, Libraries, Benjamin L. Cardin
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Senate Democrats' gun bill won't include assault weapons ban
An assault weapons ban won’t be in the gun-control legislation that Democrats bring to the Senate floor next month, a decision that means the ban’s chances of survival now are all but hopeless. The ban is the most controversial firearms...
Tags: Chuck Schumer, Politics, Denis R. McDonough, U.S. Congress, Newspaper and Magazine
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George Michael: Sequester flip-flop
Assigning responsibility for the sequestration “crisis” is a tricky business. The president has been doing a great job blaming the Republicans. But there’s a question about Obama’s role in the whole affair. Watergate star...Tags: Bob Woodward, Politics, Budget Control Act of 2011, U.S. Senate, Republican Party
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Obama says he can't 'Jedi mind meld' a budget deal
Associated PressA combative President Barack Obama blamed Republican lawmakers Friday for failing to stop automatic spending cuts that were to begin kicking in later in the day, arguing he can't perform a "Jedi mind meld" to get Republicans to agree on a deal....Tags: Politics, Budget Control Act of 2011, U.S. Senate, Nancy Pelosi, John Boehner
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'You must act' on gun control, Giffords tells Senate panel
The Associated PressIn a dramatic appeal, wounded former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords urged Congress on Wednesday to enact tougher curbs on guns, saying, “too many children are dying” without them. “The time is now. You must act. Be bold, be courageous,...Tags: Politics, Chuck Grassley, Dick Durbin, Jared Lee Loughner, Newspaper and Magazine
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Last ditch effort to avoid fiscal cliff under way
Associated PressThe end game at hand, the White House and Senate leaders made a final stab at compromise Friday night to prevent middle-class tax increases from taking effect at the turn of the new year and possibly block sweeping spending cuts as well. “I’...Tags: Politics, Prices, U.S. Senate, John Boehner, Unemployment Benefits
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George Michael: Buyer's remorse?
The downsides of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), generally known as Obamacare, are coming to the forefront. You have to dig a little to learn about these developments since the national media continues to provide cover for this...Tags: Chuck Schumer, Zimmer Holdings Incorporated, Insurance, Employees, Dick Durbin
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Cliff avoided; Congress staves off income tax hikes for middle class
Associated PressPast its own New Year’s deadline, a weary Congress sent President Barack Obama legislation to avoid a national “fiscal cliff” of middle class tax increases and spending cuts late Tuesday night in the culmination of a struggle that...Tags: Kevin McCarthy, Politics, Government, U.S. Senate, Labor Markets
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