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    Apr 17, 2013 |Story| AP Member Choice Limited

  1. Bill to expand gun background checks faces likely defeat in Senate

    A 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.
    Associated Press
    A 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: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Crime, Law and Justice, Today (tv program), Assault, Mark Begich

    2. Apr 17, 2013 |Story| AP Member Choice Limited

  2. 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 families of victims of last winter’s school massacre in Newtown, Conn.
    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: Mark Kirk, Michael Bloomberg, John McCain, Crime, Law and Justice, Mayors Against Illegal Guns

    3. Apr 16, 2013 |Story| AP Member Choice Limited

  3. Boston bombs said to have been made from pressure cookers

    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.
    Associated Press
    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. The FBI and...

    Tags: Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Roger F. Wicker, Fort Hood (military base), White House, Fort Hood Shootings (2009)

    4. Apr 11, 2013 |Story| AP Member Choice Limited

  4. Gun control passes first hurdle in Senate

    Watched 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 before debate could even start.
    Associated Press
    Watched 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: CBS Corp., Personal Weapon Control, Civil Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Assault

    5. Mar 28, 2013 |Story| Herald Mail

  5. Group wants background checks for firearm buyers

    One 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.
    holly.shok@herald-mail.com
    One 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: Organizing for Action, Barbara A. Mikulski, Libraries, Arts and Culture, National Rifle Association of America

    6. Mar 19, 2013 |Story| AP Member Choice Limited

  6. 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.
    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: Crime, Law and Justice, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, Assault, National Rifle Association of America, Laws

    7. Mar 8, 2013 |Story| Herald Mail

  7. 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: U.S. Senate, The Washington Post, Politics, Mitt Romney, White House

    8. Mar 1, 2013 |Story| AP Member Choice Limited

  8. Obama says he can't 'Jedi mind meld' a budget deal

    A 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.
    Associated Press
    A 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: Nancy Pelosi, NBC (tv network), The Wall Street Journal, White House, Budget Control Act of 2011

    9. Jan 30, 2013 |Story| AP Member Choice Limited

  9. 'You must act' on gun control, Giffords tells Senate panel

    In 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 Associated Press
    In 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: Wayne LaPierre, Patrick Leahy, Crime, Law and Justice, Assault, Jared Lee Loughner

    10. Dec 28, 2012 |Story| AP Member Choice Limited

  10. Last ditch effort to avoid fiscal cliff under way

    The 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.
    Associated Press
    The 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: Jon Kyl, Democratic Party, White House, U.S. Congress, Elections

    11. Jan 4, 2013 |Story| Herald Mail

  11. 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: The Wall Street Journal, Dick Durbin, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Chuck Schumer, Employees

    12. Jan 1, 2013 |Story| AP Member Choice Limited

  12. Cliff avoided; Congress staves off income tax hikes for middle class

    Past 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 strained America’s divided government to the limit.
    Associated Press
    Past 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: Nancy Pelosi, Ron Johnson, Labor Markets, White House, Congressional Budget Office

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