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Coats defends his vote on guns
Although polls nationwide and in Indiana show overwhelming support for tightening background checks for gun purchases,Sen. Dan Coats, Indiana's Republican senior senator, voted "no." He says most constituents who contacted him wanted him to do just that....
Tags: Republican Party, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, Politics, Interior Policy, Patrick J. Toomey
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Obama, lawmakers denounce IRS for targeting conservative groups
WASHINGTON – President Obama on Monday condemned the targeting of conservative groups by the Internal Revenue Service and vowed to punish anyone who may have taken part in it, as senators called for top IRS officials to resign and congressional...
Tags: Internal Revenue Service, Politics, Republican Party, Marco Rubio, Max Baucus
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Here is the latest West Virginia news from The Associated Press
SISSONVILLE, W.Va. (AP) — Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin held a symbolic bill signing Monday on a new law that raises state penalties for pipeline safety violations. The law applies to an estimated 11,000 miles of pipeline that run within the state's borders...Tags: Black Lung Disease, Earl Ray Tomblin, Medical Research, Crime, Law and Justice
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Ex-Utah Gov. Huntsman helps launch 'No Labels' talk show on SiriusXM to boost bipartisanship
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Former Republican Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, a 2012 presidential candidate, is helping launch a new monthly radio talk show on SiriusXM satellite radio aimed at promoting bipartisan politics. The former U.S. ambassador to China...Tags: Radio, Republican Party, Politics, Jon Huntsman, Jr., Elections
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Gun control backers turn up heat on selected senators
WASHINGTON — First came the letter-writing campaigns, then the protests at town hall meetings and now the television ads. The last several weeks in New Hampshire have had the feel of a heated electoral season — but the target of this siege,...
Tags: Chris Murphy, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, Politics, Interior Policy, Patrick J. Toomey
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House Democrats Lead New Gun Control Effort
The Hartford CourantThe leader of gun-violence prevention efforts in the U.S. House of Representatives was in Connecticut on Friday to help Democrats execute their new strategy: Demonstrate enough support in the lower chamber to compel the U.S. Senate to revisit the bill...Tags: Laws, Patrick J. Toomey, Federal Gun Control Legislation (2013), Dannel P. Malloy , Crime, Law and Justice
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Senate rejects firearms on more federal lands
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate rejected an effort Wednesday to expand the use of firearms on some of the nation's most frequently visited federal lands, handing gun control advocates a modest success. The measure, backed by the National Rifle...
Tags: Barbara Boxer, Politics, Interior Policy, Land Resources, Patrick J. Toomey
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Politics as usual
Bloomberg gun control group thanks Toomey A gun control advocacy group backed by New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg began airing a TV ad Thursday that thanks U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey for his work on strengthening background checks. The Mayors Against ...Tags: Jim Ferlo, MSNBC (tv network), Patrick J. Toomey, Regional Authority, Federal Gun Control Legislation (2013)
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The NRA doesn't deserve my sympathy, or yours
Usually when a senator suffers a big public defeat, he slinks off to lick his wounds. He rarely retwists the arms that didn't bend his way. Colleagues don't like to be seen switching. Were they horribly mistaken the first time? Don't know what they...Tags: Republican Party, Glenn Beck, Politics, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, Interior Policy
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How could 31 Senators vote against debating expanded background checks?
How could it be that even a single U.S. senator — no matter how opposed to gun control — could vote to hold up consideration of a proposal to require background checks for gun purchases? This is an idea not only embraced by something in the...Tags: Gun Control, Politics, Republican Party, Interior Policy, Patrick J. Toomey
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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......
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