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Sens. Ted Cruz and Dianne Feinstein face off on gun control
Freshman Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), a tea party darling, evidently is so proud of his exchange with Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) during the Senate Judiciary Committee's session Thursday, he posted a video of it on YouTube. At issue was the...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Crime, Law and Justice, Personal Weapon Control, Firearms, Dianne Feinstein
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Senate committee approves assault weapons ban
WASHINGTON — A federal ban on assault weapons cleared a Democratic-run Senate committee Thursday in a party-line vote after its chief sponsor, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) clashed with Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) over the 2nd Amendment. “I&...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Personal Weapon Control, Dianne Feinstein, Interior Policy, Gun Control
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Sen. Rand Paul ends marathon filibuster of John Brennan
WASHINGTON – Sen. Rand Paul ended a marathon filibuster of John Brennan's nomination to lead the CIA early Thursday after holding the floor for nearly 13 hours, focusing on concerns over the constitutionality of the administration’s use of...
Tags: Republican Party, Crime, Law and Justice, Dick Durbin, Rand Paul, Central Intelligence Agency
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Paul filibuster gains support, delays Brennan vote
WASHINGTON -- What began as Rand Paul’s one-man crusade to press the Obama administration for clarity regarding its prosecution of U.S. citizens suspected of terrorist ties became a bipartisan spectacle in the Senate chamber Wednesday -- one that...
Tags: John Brennan, Republican Party, Ron Wyden, John O. Brennan, Marco Rubio
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Senate confirms Chuck Hagel as new Defense secretary
WASHINGTON – The Senate voted Tuesday to confirm Chuck Hagel, a Vietnam War veteran and former Republican senator from Nebraska, as the 24th secretary of Defense after a brutal confirmation process that saw members of his own party question his...
Tags: Republican Party, Wars and Interventions, Politics, U.S. Department of Defense, Vietnam War (1955-1975)
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Republicans begin filibuster against Hagel
WASHINGTON -- Senate Republicans refused to allow a vote Wednesday on the nomination of Chuck Hagel to lead the Defense Department, staging the first filibuster against a president’s choice to head the Pentagon since the agency was created. ...
Tags: Republican Party, Politics, Dirk Kempthorne, Chuck Hagel, Parties and Movements
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Hagel approved by Senate committee in party-line vote
WASHINGTON -- After a sometimes contentious debate, the Senate Armed Services Committee voted on party lines and narrowly approved the nomination of former Sen. Chuck Hagel to be secretary of Defense, moving the bitter fight over President Obama’s...
Tags: Mike Johanns, Republican Party, U.S. Department of Defense, John McCain, Leon Panetta
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Senators complain about guns not being allowed at hearing
WASHINGTON — Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) last week stood in front of an array of assault weapons to launch her drive for tougher gun laws. But on Wednesday, a pair of Republican senators who oppose Feinstein’s bill had to use photos of...
Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Crime, Law and Justice, Firearms, Dianne Feinstein, Interior Policy
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Weekend TV Talk: David Plouffe; Condoleezza Rice; Rick Santorum
Click here to download TV listings for the week of Jan. 20 - 16, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies -------------------- SATURDAY Good Morning America (N) 7 a.m. KABC The Chris Matthews Show The president's second term: Joe Klein, Time;...
Tags: Rick Santorum, Interior Policy, Jennifer Granholm, John Barrasso, Martin Luther King Jr.
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A primer for the 113th Congress
This post has been corrected, as indicated below.WASHINGTON – With the “fiscal cliff” averted despite the failure to solve key budget issues, the 112th Congress will close out its widely criticized term and the 113th Congress will be sworn in Thursday. The outgoing Congress was...Tags: U.S. Congress, Republican Party, Joe Lieberman, Interior Policy, Joe Biden
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Weekend TV Talk Shows: Mitch McConnell; Nancy Pelosi; Newt Gingrich
Click here to download TV listings for the week of Jan. 6-12, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies -------------------- SATURDAY Good Morning America (N) 7 a.m. KABC McLaughlin Group 6:30 p.m. KCET SUNDAY The Chris Matthews Show...
Tags: Current TV (tv network), Republican Party, U.S. Congress, Stanley A. McChrystal, Hillary Clinton
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Boy Scouts' vote to allow openly gay members, but not leaders, ending century-long ban
The Boy Scouts of America approved a historic policy shift Thursday, allowing gay youths as members for the first time in the organization's 100-year history. But the highly anticipated vote by 1,400 members of the Scouts' executive committee stopped...
Tags: Rick Perry, Gays and Lesbians, Clubs and Associations, Jesus Christ, Protestant Convention
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