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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: NBC (tv network), Assault, Federal Gun Control Legislation (2013), Physical Fitness and Exercise, Politics
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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: New York City, Assault, Federal Gun Control Legislation (2013), Mayors Against Illegal Guns, U.S. Senate
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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: Amputation, Times Square, U.S. Senate, White House, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013)
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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: Civil Rights, Barack Obama, Crime, Law and Justice, Assault, CBS Corp.
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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, Organizing for Action, Barack Obama, Libraries, National Rifle Association of America
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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: U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Chuck Schumer, Assault, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, Politics
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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, White House, U.S. Congress, Mitt Romney, The Washington Post
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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: NBC (tv network), Barack Obama, U.S. Congress, 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: U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Democratic Party, Mark Kelly, Assault, Politics
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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: Congressional Budget Office, Democratic Party, Nancy Pelosi, John Boehner, Labor Legislation
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Mail Call - Jan. 22
“To the County Roads and President Terry Baker: Thank you for letting the County Roads go from Cedar Hills out to 62 on the Old Forge Road, by clearing that debris and all those trees on the side, because of the deer and the damage and the wires...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Assault, Barack Obama, U.S. Congress, Unemployment
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Mail Call - Nov. 26
“Hagerstown caller, concerning NASCAR, if Jeff Gordon’s so washed up, why is he in the top 10, and in the chase every year? If he keeps finishing in the top five to 10 drivers, that must mean the other 30-plus drivers are really washed up....Tags: Democratic Party, Barack Obama, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), DREAM Act, Social Security
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