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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: Jay Carney, White House, Joe Manchin III, Mark Pryor, Parties and Movements
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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: Sandy Hook Elementary School, Interior Policy, Justice and Rights, Mitch McConnell, Barack Obama
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Rockefeller won't seek 6th term in U.S. Senate
Associated PressU.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller, who came to West Virginia as a young man from one of the world’s richest families to work on antipoverty programs and remained in the state to build a political legacy, announced Friday he will not seek a sixth term....Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Executive Branch, Black Lung Disease, Mark Pryor, Parties and Movements
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Senate rejects move to tie immigration overhaul to border security
WASHINGTON — In the first and only vote Thursday on the immigration bill, senators turned back a Republican measure that would have delayed a path to citizenship for those in the country illegally until after the border with Mexico is fully secure....
Tags: Radio, White House, Mexico, Justice System, Joe Manchin III
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Dems' Senate campaigns marked by internal battles
ATLANTA (AP) — Republicans aren't the only ones roiled by internal jostling and recruiting hiccups ahead of next year's midterm elections. Two top-tier Democratic prospects recently bypassed running for Senate seats in Georgia and South Dakota,...
Tags: Justice System, Mark Pryor, Joe Biden, John McCain, Kristi Noem
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Gabrielle Giffords' story a different kind of profile in courage
Gabrielle Giffords received a Profile in Courage award this weekend at the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston. The award is fitting, though she is displaying a different kind of courage than was celebrated by the late president in his 1957 best-selling...Tags: Interior Policy, Mark Kelly, Jeff Flake, Mitch McConnell, Justice System
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Hanna, Age 12, Guest Blogger
Hello! My name is Hanna. I live in Farmington and go to school in West Hartford at a great school called Renbrook. I am twelve years old and in seventh grade. For this year, my father lives in Washington, D.C. and works for Senator Rockefeller when he was...
Tags: West Hartford, FBI, Politics, Washington, DC, John D. Rockefeller IV
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Senate vote nears, background check bill in peril
WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan effort to expand background checks is in deep trouble as the Senate approaches a long-awaited vote on the linchpin of the drive to curb gun violence. As the showdown draws near, an Associated Press-GfK poll shows...
Tags: Mark Kelly, Joe Manchin III, Chuck Schumer, Mark Pryor, Personal Weapon Control
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Gun background-check supporters struggle for votes
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate gun control supporters struggled Tuesday to salvage their drive to expand background checks to more buyers, buoyed by a visit from wounded former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords but facing enough potential opponents to derail...
Tags: Sandy Hook Elementary School, John Cornyn, Mark Kelly, Justice System, Joe Manchin III
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Deal on background checks is close, Senate roll call expected Thursday
WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan deal seems imminent on expanding background checks to more gun buyers, an agreement that could build support for President Barack Obama's drive to curb firearms violence. Meanwhile, the Senate is ready for an opening...
Tags: Ted Cruz, Justice and Rights, Michael Bloomberg, Joe Manchin III, Chuck Schumer
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Obama: 'Shame on us' if Congress forgets Newtown
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama pressed Congress on Thursday not to forget the heartbreak of the Newtown elementary school massacre and "get squishy" on tightened gun laws, though some lawmakers in his own Democratic Party remain a tough...
Tags: White House, Michael Bloomberg, Joe Manchin III, Chuck Schumer, Mark Pryor
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