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Saturday's TV Highlights and Weekend Talk Shows: 'The Confession'
Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of May 12 - 18, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies -------------------- SERIES Orphan Black Paul (Dylan Bruce)...
Tags: Stephen Schwarzman, Linda Sanchez, Kirsten Gillibrand, Tulsi Gabbard, Tom Hanks
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Senate bill aims to toughen Iran sanctions
WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of senators introduced legislation Wednesday that would sharply toughen U.S. economic sanctions on Iran despite administration calls for Congress to delay penalties that could disrupt diplomacy aimed at resolving...
Tags: Economic Sanctions, Money and Monetary Policy, Iran's Nuclear Program, Mark Kirk, U.S. Congress
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Letters: Narrowing the NRA
Re "Both sides of debate at NRA convention," May 4 When the National Rifle Assn. backed improved background checks on gun buyers in the 1990s, the organization truly was nonpartisan. Time and money have changed that. Witness the lineup of speakers...
Tags: Patrick J. Toomey, Republican Party, Sarah Palin, Politics, Rick Perry
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Senate passes bill to end controller furloughs
The U.S. Senate revived and passed a measure to end air-traffic controller furloughs as most members were flying home on recess, after four days of flight delays blamed on staffing shortages from budget cuts. The Senate unanimously approved a hastily...Tags: Amy Klobuchar, Politics, U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, John D. Rockefeller IV, Air Transportation Delays
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Senate passes bill to ease FAA furloughs
From the Associated PressWASHINGTON -- With flight delays mounting, the Senate approved hurry-up legislation Thursday night to end air traffic controller furloughs blamed for inconveniencing large numbers of travelers. A House vote on the measure was expected as early as...Tags: Democratic Party, Republican Party, Patty Murray, Labor Legislation, Politics
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Senators point blame, solutions to air traffic delays
WASHINGTON -- As delayed flights jammed up air travel, Senate Republicans on Tuesday blamed the White House for furloughing air traffic controllers, as Democrats offered a new proposal to replace the sequester cuts that have begun to affect ordinary...
Tags: Parties and Movements, Layoffs and Downsizing, Harry Reid, Elections, John Cornyn
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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. What they don't have is a clear path to changing the political arithmetic of the...
Tags: Parties and Movements, Mark Pryor, Joe Manchin III, Patrick J. Toomey, Democratic Party
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Gun control: Wait till next year -- or the year after
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: Mark Pryor, Patrick J. Toomey, Gun Control, Max Baucus, Mark Begich
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Senate rejects gun background check measure
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: Mark Pryor, Patrick J. Toomey, Parties and Movements, Joe Manchin III, Republican Party
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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: Parties and Movements, Joe Manchin III, Patrick J. Toomey, Democratic Party, Crime, Law and Justice
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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: Elizabeth Warren, American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), September 11, 2001 Attacks, Dianne Feinstein, MSNBC (tv network)
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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: Patrick J. Toomey, Joe Manchin III, Parties and Movements, Democratic Party, Republican Party
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