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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: Susan Collins, Max Baucus, Politics, Patrick J. Toomey, Republican Party
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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: Richard Burr, Republican Party, Susan Collins, Max Baucus, Patrick J. Toomey
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An assault weapons ban was doomed. Focus on background checks.
WASHINGTON -- Earlier this month, I wrote that the Senate was making quiet progress toward passing a gun control bill that would make background checks mandatory on buyers in almost all gun purchases, including most sales between individuals. And that,...
Tags: John McCain, Politics, Lobbying, Personal Weapon Control, Weaponry
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Democrats retain narrow majority in Senate
WASHINGTON — Democrats retained a narrow majority in the Senate on Tuesday, but Republicans kept their grip on the House, delivering another divided, and highly polarized, Congress. The balance of power was likely to shift by no more than a seat...
Tags: Republican Party, Politics, Timothy M. Kaine, Joe Donnelly, Claire McCaskill
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Billionaires wasted millions trying to buy the 2012 election
Never has so much money been spent in an American political campaign with so little effect. Billionaires, both anonymous and named, threw hundreds of millions of dollars into the presidential race and several Senate contests, but failed to elect a...
Tags: Politics, Republican Party, U.S. House of Representatives, Mitt Romney, Parties and Movements
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Weekly remarks: GOP's Dean Heller sees regs killing jobs; Obama 9/11 should bring unity
Top of the TicketRepublican Dean Heller says Obama administration policies hurt job creation; Democrat Obama hopes national unity flourishes around 10th anniversary of 9/11.... -
Weekly remarks: GOP's Rep. Bob Goodlatte seeks balanced budgets
Top of the TicketRepublican Goodlatte says Washington regulations inhibit growth of new jobs; Democrat Obama's remarks did not arrive.... -
Weekly remarks 9/11: Giuliani warns on hasty troop drawdowns; Obama on time for nation-building here
Top of the TicketRepublican Giuliani says 10 years shows the value of vigilance; Democrat Obama says time to bring troops home after too much war..... -
Weekly remarks: Obama says Congress must pass his jobs bill; GOP's Roskam hits 'red tape factory'
Top of the TicketRepublican Peter Roskam says Obama administrations rules and regs strangle jobs; Obama says it's up to Congress to create new jobs.... -
Sharron Angle won't run for Congress this year, calling special election 'illegitimate'
Calling the planned special election "illegitimate," Sharron Angle said Wednesday that she will not be a candidate in the September race to fill a vacant congressional seat in Nevada.
After the state's governor called for the vote last month, Secretary...Tags: Government, Republican Party, Politics, Voting, John Ensign
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Except for the affair, ethics probe and no money, Nevada's GOP Sen. Ensign was a certain 2012 victor
Top of the TicketThe Nevadan's departure creates eight open seat Senate races in 2012 when Democrats must defend 23 seats.... -
Nevada's Sharron Angle returns to politics, as will all the ways Harry Reid slammed her
Top of the TicketIs Sharia law taking hold in U.S. cities? Are the unemployed spoiled? And what exactly constitutes a 2nd Amendment remedy? Republican Sharron Angle gave us all sorts of things to ponder during her failed 2010 bid to oust Democratic Sen.......
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