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Republicans demand changes in Senate immigration bill
WASHINGTON — As a sweeping immigration bill moves forward in the Senate, Republicans are demanding stronger border security measures than those agreed upon during four months of bipartisan negotiation. The process of toughening the bill could...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Sports, Marco Rubio, Republican Party, Rand Paul
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Rep. Lamar Smith defends tentative changes to research funding
Republicans in Congress, long skeptical of the value of some taxpayer-supported research, have taken aim at the National Science Foundation with a bill that seeks to limit the scope of its grants. A draft bill by House Science Committee Chairman Lamar...
Tags: U.S. Congress, International Law, Media Industry, Agricultural Research and Technology, Parties and Movements
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Newtown families help Obama press for gun reform
HARTFORD, Conn. — President Obama sought Monday to use the emotional pull of the Newtown school massacre to galvanize public support for his drive to pass stricter gun control measures, even as more than a dozen Republican senators promised to...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Laws, Joe Biden, Republican Party, Joe Manchin III
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Senate approves Obama's budget chief
WASHINGTON -- The Senate voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to approve President Obama’s nominee for top White House budget expert, bringing a woman into a top post in an administration that critics say has been dominated by men. Sylvia Mathews...
Tags: Walmart, Budgets and Budgeting, Budget Control Act of 2011, Thomas R. Carper, White House
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Saturday's TV Highlights: 'Life With La Toya' on OWN
Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of April 21 -27, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies -------------------- SERIES Smash It's opening night in this new...
Tags: Mike J. Rogers, Michael Chertoff, The Washington Post, Jennifer Hudson, September 11, 2001 Attacks
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In the Senate, a gun rights ally's choice to compromise
WASHINGTON — Sen. Joe Manchin III owns two 12-gauge Beretta shotguns, a semiautomatic Remington 58 Sportsman and a deer rifle. Since he was elected to the Senate two years ago, he has easily maintained an A rating from the National Rifle Assn....
Tags: Mark Kirk, Firearms, MSNBC (tv network), Parties and Movements, Interior Policy
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Senators reach deal to expand background checks on gun buyers
This post has been updated, as indicated below.WASHINGTON -- Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) on Wednesday announced a compromise on the centerpiece of gun legislation the Senate is to begin deliberating later this week -- an expansion of background checks that will cover most...Tags: Interior Policy, Republican Party, Criminals, Joe Manchin III, Personal Weapon Control
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Senate poised to debate gun control measure
WASHINGTON — Gun control efforts in Congress cleared a significant hurdle Wednesday as the Senate prepared to open what could be a weeks-long debate, even as opponents plotted a shift in strategy aimed at undermining a comprehensive package of...
Tags: Mayors Against Illegal Guns, U.S. Congress, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Richard Blumenthal, Republican Party
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Senate moves to begin debate on gun measures
WASHINGTON -- The Senate may begin voting as soon as Thursday on legislation intended to reduce gun violence, after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) decided Tuesday to initiate the procedural steps required to overcome a threatened filibuster by...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Parties and Movements, Chris Murphy, Interior Policy, Richard Blumenthal
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McManus: Gun control, DOA
President Obama pleaded with Congress last week to remember the victims of December's schoolhouse shootings in Connecticut and tighten the nation's gun laws. "Shame on us if we've forgotten," he said. "Don't get squishy." But four months after the...
Tags: U.S. Congress, U.S. House of Representatives, Television Stations, Tea Party Movement, Rand Paul
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On gun control, watch Tom Coburn
In my Wednesday column, I reported on the gathering signs that President Obama's push for significant new gun control legislation is dead in the water -- mostly because the National Rifle Assn. has mounted opposition more intense than the support for...
Tags: Justice System, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Personal Weapon Control, National Rifle Association of America, Interior Policy
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An assault weapons ban was doomed. Focus on background checks.
WASHINGTON -- Earlier this month, I wrote that the Senate was making quiet progress toward passing a gun control bill that would make background checks mandatory on buyers in almost all gun purchases, including most sales between individuals. And that,...
Tags: Michael Bloomberg, U.S. Congress, Mark Kirk, U.S. House of Representatives, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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