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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: Elections, Politics, Jeff Flake, Joe Biden, Bill Nelson
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Stirred by a message from the heart
WASHINGTON -- In a city where David's righteousness almost never beats Goliath's might, what Nicole Hockley and the other Sandy Hook families did to the gun lobby last week was nigh unto miraculous. Gun-control legislation had appeared to be a lost...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Politics, Republican Party, Joe Manchin III, Sandy Hook Promise
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Senate votes to consider gun control laws
WASHINGTON — In a lopsided vote, the Senate launched a debate Thursday over the most significant gun legislation in more than a decade, setting up a contest that could last weeks between reinvigorated advocates for stricter laws and conservatives...
Tags: Elections, Rand Paul, Politics, Mary L. Landrieu, Joe Manchin III
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Gun Debate Shouldn't Stall Coltsville Park Effort
That Connecticut's congressional delegation is battling for gun safety legislation while trying to have a historic gun manufactory designated a National Historic Park is a perhaps unfortunate coincidence — but nothing more than that. The factory...
Tags: Mount Vernon, Travel, Government, U.S. Congress, Politics
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Senate votes to overcome filibuster of gun bill
WASHINGTON – The Senate crossed the first of many hurdles Thursday in the drive to pass new gun legislation, with a bipartisan vote to begin what could be weeks of debate on the issue. By a 68-31 margin, senators moved to open formal consideration...
Tags: Sandy Hook Elementary School, Elections, Health and Safety at School, Patrick J. Toomey, Chuck Schumer
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Newtown Families Make Their Case In Washington
The Hartford CourantWASHINGTON — At the end of an emotional day of deeply personal meetings with senators Wednesday, families of victims of the Newtown school massacre sat down for a public conversation with Sen. Joe Manchin, the West Virginia Democrat who had just...Tags: Parties and Movements, Elections, U.S. Congress, Politics, Human Interest
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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: John Boehner, Elections, Politics, Dianne Feinstein, Dan Coats
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Obama's Defense Budget Good For State Contractors, A Challenge For Sub Base
The Hartford CourantThere's good news for Connecticut in most, but not all, of the defense budget that President Barack Obama released Wednesday. The spending plan still supports the same two Virginia Class submarines ordered from Electric Boat as well as spending on the...Tags: U.S. Senate, Groton, U.S. Department of Defense, Armed Forces, Defense
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Senators report deal on gun control legislation
WASHINGTON — The Senate moved Tuesday to begin long-anticipated deliberations this week over new gun laws as Republicans appeared to lack the strength to block the debate and bipartisan talks over expanding background checks on gun buyers appeared...
Tags: Parties and Movements, U.S. Senate, Elections, U.S. Congress, Politics
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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: Parties and Movements, Elections, Mike Johanns, U.S. Congress, Politics
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Malloy Signs Gun Control Bill, One Of Strictest In Nation
The Hartford CourantHARTFORD — Flanked by family members of Newtown massacre victims and the legislative leaders who spent months trying to respond to their tragedy, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy signed a sweeping gun-control bill Thursday whose big provisions — such...Tags: Newspaper and Magazine, Politics, Health and Safety at School, Human Interest, Joe Biden
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Conn. gun law seen as model for Congress, states
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Gov. Dannel P. Malloy signed into law sweeping new restrictions on weapons and large capacity ammunition magazines Thursday in response to the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, a bipartisan deal that gun control...
Tags: Newspaper and Magazine, Government, U.S. Congress, Politics, Fox News Channel (tv network)
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