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    Jan 17, 2013 |Story| AP Member Choice Limited
  1. Obama's gun control measures face tough road in Congress

     President Barack Obama’s sweeping gun-control package faces an uncertain future on Capitol Hill, where majority House Republicans are rejecting his proposals while the president’s allies in the Democratic-controlled Senate are stopping well short of pledging immediate action.
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     President Barack Obama’s sweeping gun-control package faces an uncertain future on Capitol Hill, where majority House Republicans are rejecting his proposals while the president’s allies in the Democratic-controlled Senate are stopping well...

    Tags: Assault, Justice and Rights, Joe Biden, Gun Control, White House

  2. May 10, 2013 |Story| Aberdeen News
  3. Senate to take up farm bill in May

    WASHINGTON - Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., said April 25 that she plans to hold a markup of a new farm bill in May, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., signaled that he intends to bring it to the Senate floor...

    Tags: Heidi Heitkamp, U.S. House Committee on Agriculture, Thad Cochran, Politics, U.S. Congress

  4. Apr 23, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  5. Officials: Democratic Sen. Baucus to retire

    Democratic Sen. Max Baucus of Montana, the chairman of the powerful Senate Finance Committee who steered President Barack Obama's health care overhaul into law but recently broke with his party on gun control legislation, has decided to retire, Democratic...

    Tags: Executive Branch, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Gun Control, Iraq, Environmental Politics

  6. Apr 19, 2013 |Story| Aberdeen News
  7. Housing programs critical to Aberdeen

    Access to rural housing programs that benefit a significant number of homebuyers in Aberdeen could be extended under a bill introduced Thursday by Sen. Tim Johnson, D-S.D., and others. Without an extension of some sort, the city would lose access to two...

    Tags: 2010 Census, Jerry Moran, Mike Crapo, Pat Roberts, U.S. Department of Agriculture

  8. Apr 19, 2013 |Story| Aberdeen News
  9. Old school for old boys

    While Max Baucus and Jon Tester are both Democrats, both U.S. senators and both Montana country boys, last month's hurried vote to fund nearly $1 trillion of current federal spending shows just how different these Big Sky legislators really are. Baucus,...

    Tags: George W. Bush, Prescription Drugs, Easter, Politics, U.S. Congress

  10. Apr 15, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  11. Proposed gun amendment faces uphill battle in Senate

    WASHINGTON — A single conversation on the Senate floor Monday illustrated the challenges senators face in pushing a bipartisan measure to extend background checks to most gun sales.
    WASHINGTON — A single conversation on the Senate floor Monday illustrated the challenges senators face in pushing a bipartisan measure to extend background checks to most gun sales. Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.), the chief author of the proposal,...

    Tags: Gun Control, Kay Hagan, Patrick J. Toomey, Politics, Lisa Murkowski

  12. Apr 12, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun
  13. Federal poultry regulations relaxed in spending law

    Farming advocates are pressing Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski to reverse a little-noticed measure approved by Congress last month that rescinded tough new rules on the poultry industry — a move that has strained the already rocky relationship between mom-and-pop chicken farmers on the Eastern Shore and Salisbury-based Perdue.
    Farming advocates are pressing Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski to reverse a little-noticed measure approved by Congress last month that rescinded tough new rules on the poultry industry — a move that has strained the already rocky relationship between mom-...

    Tags: Pocomoke City, Barbara A. Mikulski, Tom Vilsack, U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations, Politics

  14. Apr 13, 2013 |Story| Aberdeen News
  15. Farming: Old school for old boys

     While Max Baucus and Jon Tester are both Democrats, both U.S. senators and both Montana country boys, last month’s hurried vote to fund nearly $1 trillion of current federal spending shows just how different these Big Sky legislators really are....

    Tags: George W. Bush, Prescription Drugs, Easter, Politics, U.S. Congress

  16. Mar 29, 2013 |Story| Petoskey News
  17. Lawmakers rush to catch up on gay marriage

    WASHINGTON (AP) — For years, American opinion on gay marriage has been shifting. Now lawmakers are in a mad dash to catch up.
    WASHINGTON (AP) — For years, American opinion on gay marriage has been shifting. Now lawmakers are in a mad dash to catch up. In less than two weeks, seven senators — all from moderate or Republican-leaning states — announced their...

    Tags: Kay Hagan, Politics, Marriage, John Boehner, Parties and Movements

  18. Mar 29, 2013 |Column| Orlando Sentinel
  19. Supremes waffle on marriage equality

    Over the last 40 years, I've been involved in a lot of political battles for a lot of different causes: workers' rights, women's rights, gay rights, environmental protection, anti-war, anti-nuclear power, anti-urban sprawl, animal rights, gun control, clean air, open space, small farms, global warming. But I've never seen the public turn around and embrace any issue faster than marriage equality.
    Over the last 40 years, I've been involved in a lot of political battles for a lot of different causes: workers' rights, women's rights, gay rights, environmental protection, anti-war, anti-nuclear power, anti-urban sprawl, animal rights, gun control,...

    Tags: Justice and Rights, Joe Biden, Gun Control, Kay Hagan, Politics

  20. Mar 28, 2013 |Story| Petoskey News
  21. However court rules, gay marriage debate won't end

    NEW YORK (AP) — However the Supreme Court rules after its landmark hearings on same-sex marriage, the issue seems certain to divide Americans and states for many years to come.
    NEW YORK (AP) — However the Supreme Court rules after its landmark hearings on same-sex marriage, the issue seems certain to divide Americans and states for many years to come. In oral arguments Tuesday and Wednesday on two cases involving gay...

    Tags: Kay Hagan, Politics, Marriage, Rush Limbaugh, Parties and Movements

  22. Mar 28, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun
  23. Mikulski says she doesn't support 'Monsanto rider' in funding bill

    Food safety groups are ramping up pressure on Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski over language included in a government funding bill that would make it harder for courts to block the planting of genetically engineered crops.
    Food safety groups are ramping up pressure on Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski over language included in a government funding bill that would make it harder for courts to block the planting of genetically engineered crops. The language, tucked into...

    Tags: Barbara A. Mikulski, Genetic Engineering, Elections, Democratic Party, U.S. Department of Agriculture

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