Displaying items 37-48 of 114
» View latimes.com items only
< Previous
•
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
•
Next >
-
Md. pols flock to White House for Ravens
When Rep. Chris Van Hollen struck up a conversation recently with a U.S. Capitol Police officer he sees every day on his way to work, he immediately learned two things about the man: He's from Baltimore and he's a huge Ravens fan. And so the Montgomery...
Tags: Regional Authority, Baltimore Ravens, Football, Cleveland Browns, Ed Reed
-
Family, colleagues remember Lautenberg at N.Y. ceremony
The Philadelphia InquirerNEW YORK In a moving ceremony that was also filled with laughter, Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg's family and colleagues recalled the New Jersey Democrat on Wednesday as a feisty and determined man whose life story shaped his work and also described a...Tags: Joe Biden, Religion and Belief, Pneumonia, Rush Holt, Frank Pallone, Jr.
-
Chris Christie picks temporary Lautenberg replacement
(Bloomberg) — New Jersey Governor Chris Christie named state attorney general Jeffrey Chiesa as the interim replacement for the late U.S. Senator Frank Lautenberg, as politicians began lining up to fill the remainder of his term. Chiesa, who...Tags: Hurricane Sandy (2012), Pneumonia, U.S. Senate, Elections, Rush Holt
-
Bipartisan Senate bill would give EPA power to ban dangerous chemicals
In a rare display of bipartisanship on Capitol Hill, a group of key senators unveiled legislation Wednesday that would require chemical companies to provide more health and safety information about their products and give regulators more power to force...
Tags: Elections, Environmental Defense Fund, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Laws, Dick Durbin
-
Give 'bomb control' a chance
He thought his wife was in love with another man, police say, so James L. McFillin of Baltimore decided to blow up the other man. It was 1979. McFillin wired two sticks of an explosive called Tovex 220 into the electrical system of a truck belonging...Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Interior Policy, National Rifle Association of America, U.S. Supreme Court, Lobbying
-
Courage in short supply
WASHINGTON -- The gun bill was going down, but Sen. Joe Manchin, the West Virginia Democrat who reached a compromise to try to save it, went to the Senate floor Wednesday morning to give it one more try. In an unorthodox tactic, he appealed directly...
Tags: Joe Biden, Jeff Flake, Interior Policy, Justice System, National Rifle Association of America
-
Johnson to retire in 2014
Tribune Washington BureauWASHINGTON -- Democrats’ efforts to maintain a majority in the U.S. Senate after next year’s midterm elections were thrown into further doubt Tuesday when Sen. Tim Johnson, D-S.D., became the fifth senior member of the party to announce his...Tags: U.S. Senate, Elections, Carl Levin, Mike Rounds, Parties and Movements
-
SD Sen. Tim Johnson retirement opens door for GOP
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Sen. Tim Johnson was expected to announce his retirement Tuesday, making the state the fifth where Democrats will have to defend a seat without an incumbent seeking re-election. The decision opens up a 2014 race...
Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Rick Berg, Elections, U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Television Industry
-
EPA probes flame retardants but lacks power to ban
As the Obama administration launches a broad investigation of flame retardants used in furniture and other household goods, the nation's top environmental regulators are running into the limitations of a federal law that makes it practically impossible to...
Tags: Justice System, Environmental Defense Fund, Science, Gina McCarthy, Environmental Politics
-
Democrats face challenging Senate landscape
WASHINGTON (AP) — After a surprising string of victories last fall, Democrats now face a challenging terrain as they look to hold onto their Senate majority in 2014 and prevent Republicans from gaining full control of Congress during President...Tags: U.S. Senate, John Fleming, Regional Authority, Steve Scalise, Tom Latham
-
The operatic governor
TRENTON, N.J. -- Coyness is not part of Chris Christie's repertoire, which does not stress subtlety, delicacy and intimation. New Jersey's governor is more Mickey Spillane than Jane Austen and his persona, which sometimes is that of a bulldog who got up...
Tags: Hurricane Sandy (2012), Rand Paul, Elections, John Boehner, Regional Authority
-
Column: The operatic governor
Coyness is not part of Chris Christie’s repertoire, which also does not stress subtlety, delicacy and intimation. New Jersey’s governor is more Mickey Spillane than Jane Austen and his persona, which sometimes is that of a bulldog who got up...Tags: Hurricane Sandy (2012), Elections, Rand Paul, John Boehner, Bruce Springsteen
Jun 5, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Jun 5, 2013
|Story| McClatchy-Tribune
Jun 6, 2013
|Story| Allentown Morning Call
May 22, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Apr 28, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Apr 19, 2013
|Column| Orlando Sentinel
Mar 26, 2013
|Story| Aberdeen News
Mar 26, 2013
|Story| Aberdeen News
Apr 23, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Mar 9, 2013
|Story| Petoskey News
Jan 31, 2013
|Column| Orlando Sentinel
Jan 30, 2013
|Story| Aberdeen News
Original site for Frank Lautenberg topic gallery.
