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    May 10, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. IRS targeted conservative groups, official says

    WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service improperly singled out conservative groups for extra scrutiny of their applications for nonprofit status, a top agency official said Friday, setting off calls for investigations into an organization already under fire for its handling of secret political spending by nonprofits.
    WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service improperly singled out conservative groups for extra scrutiny of their applications for nonprofit status, a top agency official said Friday, setting off calls for investigations into an organization...

    Tags: U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Jim Jordan, Taxation, Pension and Welfare, Paul Ryan

    2. May 1, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Zuckerberg's advocacy ads under fire

    SAN FRANCISCO — Mark Zuckerberg is the public face of one of the world's most prominent companies.
    SAN FRANCISCO — Mark Zuckerberg is the public face of one of the world's most prominent companies. But now it's his actions as a private citizen that are making him — and Facebook Inc. — a target of environmentalists and progressive...

    Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Mark Zuckerberg, Immigration, Lobbying, Science and Technology

    3. Apr 18, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Gun control backers consider strategy after Senate defeat

    WASHINGTON — Supporters of stricter gun laws have organization, money and — after the Senate blocked an expansion of background-check requirements — fury.
    WASHINGTON — Supporters of stricter gun laws have organization, money and — after the Senate blocked an expansion of background-check requirements — fury. What they don't have is a clear path to changing the political arithmetic of the...

    Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, John McCain, Mark Pryor, Harry Reid, Mitch McConnell

    4. Apr 18, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Pro-Obama group will go after Democrats on guns

    <span class="runtimeTopic">WASHINGTON</span> &mdash; The nonprofit advocacy group backing President Obama&rsquo;s second-term agenda plans to mobilize constituents against the U.S. senators who on Wednesday helped <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-guns-senate-20130418,0,343889.story" target="_self">defeat a measure to expand background checks</a> &ndash; including four members of the president&rsquo;s own party.
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    WASHINGTON — The nonprofit advocacy group backing President Obama’s second-term agenda plans to mobilize constituents against the U.S. senators who on Wednesday helped defeat a measure to expand background checks – including four members...

    Tags: Environmental Issues, Lobbying, Max Baucus, Conservation, Mark Pryor

    5. Apr 18, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Gun control: Wait till next year -- or the year after

    Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) formally suspended the Democrats&rsquo; drive for new&nbsp;gun control&nbsp;legislation Thursday, shelving his party&rsquo;s bill after Wednesday&rsquo;s defeat of its centerpiece, a measure for expanded background checks on gun purchasers. But Reid, along with President Obama and&nbsp;former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco), insisted that they are determined to fight on. &ldquo;This debate is not over,&rdquo; Reid said. &ldquo;In fact, this fight is just beginning.&rdquo;
    Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) formally suspended the Democrats’ drive for new gun control legislation Thursday, shelving his party’s bill after Wednesday’s defeat of its centerpiece, a measure for expanded background...

    Tags: Gun Control, Max Baucus, John McCain, Mark Pryor, U.S. Congress

    6. Apr 18, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times Exclusive

  6. Cowardly Senate runs away from gun background checks

    Polls indicate that 80% to 90% of Americans support expanded background checks for firearms sales, but on Wednesday such a plan could not get 60 votes in the United States Senate. In the White House Rose Garden, surrounded by families of children gunned down at Sandy Hook Elementary School, President Obama called the Senate vote &ldquo;shameful&rdquo; and declared that this was &ldquo;just Round 1&rdquo; in the fight to get gun safety legislation adopted by Congress.
    Polls indicate that 80% to 90% of Americans support expanded background checks for firearms sales, but on Wednesday such a plan could not get 60 votes in the United States Senate. In the White House Rose Garden, surrounded by families of children gunned...

    Tags: Gun Control, Max Baucus, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, Mark Pryor, U.S. Congress

    7. Apr 17, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. Senate rejects gun background check measure

    WASHINGTON &mdash; Gun control advocates had told themselves this time would be different. It wasn't.
    WASHINGTON — Gun control advocates had told themselves this time would be different. It wasn't. The two-decade deadlock that has gripped congressional efforts to act on gun control continued Wednesday as a measure to require more gun buyers to...

    Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Lobbying, John McCain, Mark Pryor, U.S. Congress

    8. Apr 15, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Proposed gun amendment faces uphill battle in Senate

    WASHINGTON &mdash; 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: Jeff Flake, Joe Manchin III, Lobbying, Gun Control, Frank Lautenberg

    9. Apr 16, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Senate showdown set on gun control

    WASHINGTON &mdash; After four months of debate and maneuvering, the Senate headed for a showdown over gun control &mdash; a series of back-to-back votes on rival plans Wednesday afternoon that could end in the collapse of the entire effort.
    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: Crime, Law and Justice, Ceremonies, Culture, Lobbying, Timothy M. Kaine

    10. May 1, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. Mark Zuckerberg's Fwd.us in heated controversy over political ads

    SAN FRANCISCO -- Mark Zuckerberg is being unfriended by progressives angered by television ads from his political advocacy group Fwd.us that praise lawmakers for supporting the expansion of the Keystone XL oil pipeline and drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
    SAN FRANCISCO -- Mark Zuckerberg is being unfriended by progressives angered by television ads from his political advocacy group Fwd.us that praise lawmakers for supporting the expansion of the Keystone XL oil pipeline and drilling in the Arctic...

    Tags: Mark Zuckerberg, Lobbying, Immigration, Migration, Lindsey O. Graham

    11. Apr 30, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. Sarah Palin for Senate? Some tea party activists want her to run

    SEATTLE &mdash; Sarah Palin&rsquo;s last elective position in Alaska&nbsp;ended early when in 2009 she abandoned the governorship midway through her first term.
    SEATTLE — Sarah Palin’s last elective position in Alaska ended early when in 2009 she abandoned the governorship midway through her first term. But tea party activists appear eager for a comeback, urging supporters to contribute money toward...

    Tags: Gun Control, Petroleum Industry, Regional Authority, Sean Parnell, Harry Reid

    12. Apr 16, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. Gun-control plan several votes short in Senate

    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 undecided senators.
    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: Lobbying, Timothy M. Kaine, Chris Murphy, John McCain, Harry Reid

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