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Kirk at 1st public appearance in Ill. since stroke: 'Rehab works'
Tribune reporterMaking what was billed as his first official public appearance in Illinois since he suffered a major stroke, U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., took questions from the press at a charter school at Naval Station Great Lakes outside North Chicago this afternoon...Tags: Stroke, Students, Education, North Chicago, Israel
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How a bill becomes slaw
Before we move off the issue of gun control — and it's dead for now, believe me, for reasons this column will make clear — let's take a close look at just how something as popular as expanded background checks failed to pass the U.S. Senate...
Tags: Politics, Patrick J. Toomey, John Cornyn, U.S. Senate, Mitch McConnell
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A Measure Of Courage In Senate On Guns
The U.S. Senate minority's squelching of debate and votes last week on any meaningful legislation to reduce gun violence has unfortunately become the rule, not the exception. Not much can get done in the Senate under the tyranny of the minority, when it...Tags: Politics, Joe Manchin III, Patrick J. Toomey, U.S. Congress, Elections
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The weak in review --Timid Senate falters on equally timid gun control measure
Change of SubjectFriday's print column It was dismaying. Not that the U.S. Senate on Wednesday rejected a major gun-control proposal that would have required universal background checks prior to all firearm sales. But that such a proposal, popular though it is in...... -
Toomey meets with Giffords on guns deal
Call Washington BureauA scrum of reporters gathered outside Sen. Joe Manchin's office Tuesday afternoon waiting for any sign of movement on his embattled background checks amendment while inside he met privately with negotiating partner Sen. Pat Toomey and former Rep. Gabby...Tags: Politics, Patrick J. Toomey, John McCain, Republican Party, Personal Weapon Control
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Shame on the Senate; send 'em all home
Let me begin this column with an apology. Once a week, I pick an important issue and offer my reasoned analysis, based on the facts, of what it all means and how we should react. But there are times when the intellect fails and the heart and gut take...
Tags: Politics, Bill Press, Patrick J. Toomey, Mike Crapo, Government
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'Evolving' pols real hypocrites on marriage
Fingers to the wind, politicians now are falling all over themselves to declare they are no longer evolving but have evolved and support same-sex marriage, including the worst of the lot: Republicans who once used their opposition to it to rouse their...Tags: Politics, U.S. Congress, Same-Sex Marriage, Family, Republican Party
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The weak in review
It was dismaying. Not that the U.S. Senate on Wednesday rejected a major gun control proposal that would have required universal background checks prior to all firearm sales. But that such a proposal, popular though it is in opinion polling, wasn't...
Tags: Politics, Patrick J. Toomey, U.S. Senate, Dick Durbin, Republican Party
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Senate blocks expanded gun sale background checks
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans, backed by a small band of rural-state Democrats, turned away legislation Wednesday to tighten restrictions on the sale of firearms, rejecting repeated appeals from President Barack Obama and personal pleas by...Tags: Politics, Patrick J. Toomey, Max Baucus, U.S. Senate, Heidi Heitkamp
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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: Politics, Patrick J. Toomey, Chuck Schumer, Roy Blunt, Harry Reid
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EDITORIAL: Support for ENDA: Anti-discrimination law's 40-year trip
Daily Camera, Boulder, Colo.On Thursday, Boulder's Rep. Jared Polis, a Democrat, and Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley from Oregon introduced a bill that would bar discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. With states legalizing gay marriage, and others crafting...Tags: Politics, Civil Rights, Jared Polis, Career and Workplace, Judges
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Schilling plans visit to Gulfport
The Hawk Eye, Burlington, IowaIllinois U.S. Rep. Cheri Bustos, D-17th District, has toured storm and flood damage in the Quad Cities and discussed its impacts with officials in charge of overseeing the recovery, among other actions, since the disasters wreaked havoc on western...Tags: Politics, American Red Cross, Bobby Schilling, Career and Workplace, Pat Quinn
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