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How a bill becomes slaw -- an autopsy of gun-control legislation in Washington
Change of SubjectWednesday's print column 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...... -
Villaraigosa in Washington on immigration, transportation issues
WASHINGTON -- Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa may be nearing the end of his term, but that isn’t keeping him from traveling to the nation’s capital to push two of his pet causes – an overhaul of immigration laws that would provide...
Tags: Antonio Villaraigosa, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Republican Party, U.S. Senate, Barack Obama
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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: John Cornyn, Susan Collins, Layoffs and Downsizing, U.S. Senate, Air Transportation Industry
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Suspicion shifts as charges dropped against ricin suspect
Paul Kevin Curtis said he didn't even know what ricin was. Certainly not a lethal poison. But jail can be a swift teacher. "I thought they said 'rice,' " Curtis said of the federal authorities who arrested him last week on charges of trying to...
Tags: Lawyers, Paul Kevin Curtis, Barack Obama, Ricin Mail Attacks (2013), Discrimination
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Poison letters suspect in Mississippi released
A Mississippi man who had been accused of sending ricin-laced letters to President Obama, a U.S. senator and a Mississippi judge was set free Tuesday and charges against him were dropped as authorities converged on the home of another man. Paul Kevin...
Tags: Lawyers, Barack Obama, Court Preliminary, Judges, FBI
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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: John Cornyn, Interior Policy, Patrick J. Toomey, Mark Kirk, Republican Party
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Resolute, but with an asterisk
WASHINGTON -- The nation demonstrated again last week how resolute it can be when threatened by murderous terrorists -- and how helpless when ordered to heel by smug lobbyists for the gun industry. Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's deadly rampage through...
Tags: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Religion and Belief, Religious Conflicts, Barack Obama
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Baucus' exit drains hope for tax reform
This post has been updated, as indicated below. Six-term Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.), the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, announced Tuesday that he won't run for reelection in 2014. You may now kiss any hope of a sweeping tax reform bill...Tags: Health Care Reform (2009), Republican Party, Barack Obama, Politics, Economy, Business and Finance
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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: Susan Collins, Patrick J. Toomey, Mark Kirk, U.S. Senate, Republican Party
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Shouted protests punctuate Senate immigration hearing
WASHINGTON -- A Republican senator shouted in protest Monday as a top Democrat complained at a Senate hearing that opponents of immigration reform were improperly using the Boston bombing as a reason to delay changes to immigration law. Sen. Charles...
Tags: Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Republican Party, Migration, Politics, Patrick Leahy
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Senate sets aside gun bill, for now
WASHINGTON -- The Senate formally shelved further consideration of gun legislation Thursday even as supporters of a plan to expand background-check requirements vowed to keep pushing the issue. The decision to set the bill aside came after a showdown...Tags: Mental Health, Interior Policy, Patrick J. Toomey, Joe Manchin III, National Rifle Association of America
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Background check 'win-win' amendment gets a 'no, thanks' from Senate minority
Change of SubjectSenate deals setback to gun bill in vote on background checks tells the story of how the filibuster wins again: The final vote was, 54 (yes) to 46 (no), after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) switched his vote to......
Apr 23, 2013
| Chicago Tribune
Apr 25, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
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Apr 24, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Apr 23, 2013
|Column| Orlando Sentinel
Apr 23, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Apr 22, 2013
|Story| Hartford Courant
Apr 22, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Apr 18, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Apr 17, 2013
| Chicago Tribune
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