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Senate showdown set on gun control
WASHINGTON — After four months of debate and maneuvering, the Senate headed for a showdown over gun control — a series of back-to-back votes on rival plans Wednesday afternoon that could end in the collapse of the entire effort. The...
Tags: Dick Durbin, Lisa Murkowski, Gabrielle Giffords, Democratic Party, Richard Blumenthal
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Congress reacts to Boston Marathon bombings
WASHINGTON -- Congressional leaders reflected with grief on the tragic loss of life in the bombings at the Boston Marathon on Monday, but had few immediate answers as to the nature of the attack. The flag over the U.S. Capitol was at half staff and...
Tags: John Boehner, Terrorism, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), September 11, 2001 Attacks, U.S. Congress
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Gun-control plan several votes short in Senate
This post has been corrected and updated as indicated below.WASHINGTON -- A Senate plan to expand the background-check requirement for gun purchases faced a narrowing path to success Tuesday, as advocates for stricter laws sought to scrape together the last few votes they need from among a dwindling number of...Tags: Dick Durbin, Lisa Murkowski, Democratic Party, Richard Blumenthal, Joe Biden
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Senate moves to begin debate on gun measures
WASHINGTON -- The Senate may begin voting as soon as Thursday on legislation intended to reduce gun violence, after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) decided Tuesday to initiate the procedural steps required to overcome a threatened filibuster by...
Tags: Richard Blumenthal, Voting, Joe Biden, Tom Coburn, Shootings
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A primer for the 113th Congress
This post has been corrected, as indicated below.WASHINGTON – With the “fiscal cliff” averted despite the failure to solve key budget issues, the 112th Congress will close out its widely criticized term and the 113th Congress will be sworn in Thursday. The outgoing Congress was...Tags: Richard Lugar, John Boehner, Bernard Sanders, Democratic Party, Joe Biden
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Weekend TV Talk Shows: Mitch McConnell; Nancy Pelosi; Newt Gingrich
Click here to download TV listings for the week of Jan. 6-12, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies -------------------- SATURDAY Good Morning America (N) 7 a.m. KABC McLaughlin Group 6:30 p.m. KCET SUNDAY The Chris Matthews Show...
Tags: Christopher Van Hollen Jr., Carly Fiorina, Nancy Pelosi, Hillary Clinton, Stanley A. McChrystal
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Schatz sworn in as new Hawaii senator
WASHINGTON – Brian Schatz knew this much about Washington before departing Hawaii on Wednesday to start his new role as a U.S. senator – it was cold. And so, barely hours after Democratic Gov. Neil Abercrombie announced that he was...
Tags: Democratic Party, Neil A. Abercrombie, Joe Biden, Regional Authority, Daniel Inouye
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Immigrant Taken Into Federal Custody, Faces Deportation After Appeal Fails
The Hartford CourantA New Haven man who became an advocacy case for state immigration activists and several of Connecticut's top Democrats was taken into custody in Hartford Monday and will be deported. Jose Maria Islas, 35, showed up for an appointment with an immigration...Tags: Crimes, Career and Workplace, Crime, Law and Justice, Richard Blumenthal, Labor Legislation
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Focus Of Braddock Trial Shifts To Checks
The Hartford CourantThe trial of the campaign finance director for former Speaker of the House Christopher Donovan has provided must-watch political theater, thanks in part to the vulgar, sometimes crude, and grandiose testimony of Harry Raymond Soucy, the government...Tags: Elizabeth Esty, Career and Workplace, Federal Election Commission, Crime, Law and Justice, Prisons
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Soucy and Donovan Video Played At Trial
The Hartford CourantFor the first time during an 18-month federal investigation into his failed campaign for Congress, former House Speaker Chris Donovan was seen and heard in secret tapes played in court Thursday. He was bantering with the key witness in the case about...Tags: Witnesses, Prosecution, Prisons, Joe Biden, Trials
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Canton Hydropower Project Moves Forward In U.S. Senate
The Hartford CourantLegislation that would let two old dams on the Farmington River be used for hydropower got a boost on Thursday when a committee of the U.S. Senate endorsed the idea. The Senate's energy and natural resources committee voted in favor of a bill that...Tags: Elizabeth Esty, Science and Technology, Environmental Issues, Conservation, Lobbying
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Bill Would Provide Federal Aid For Newtown School
The Hartford CourantHARTFORD – Three Democratic members of Congress from Connecticut are planning to file legislation that would allow the use of federal dollars to help pay for the construction of a new Sandy Hook Elementary School. If approved, it would mark the...Tags: Elizabeth Esty, Richard Blumenthal, Government, U.S. Congress, Health and Safety at School
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