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Senators hush-hush as they craft immigration bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — The eight senators meet in private several times a week, alternating between Sen. John McCain's and Sen. Charles Schumer's offices. They sit in arm chairs arranged in a circle and sip water or soft drinks as they debate temporary...
Tags: John McCain, George W. Bush, POLITICO LLC, Elections, Patrick Leahy
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Tags: U.S. Department of the Interior, Weaponry, Interior Policy, Mark Kirk, Firearms
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Tom Coburn's campaign against government waste
Republican Senator Tom Coburn of Oklahoma is a real-life Murray Blum. Blum, played by Charles Grodin, is the president's accountant in the comedy "Dave," which I think of every time we have one of these spending dramas in Washington. In my favorite scene...Tags: Personal Weapon Control, White House, Charles Grodin, Elizabeth Warren, Interior Policy
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Senate committee approves gun trafficking bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Judiciary Committee approved legislation Thursday making gun trafficking a federal crime as lawmakers cast the first vote in Congress to curb firearms since December's horrific shootings at a Connecticut elementary...
Tags: Interior Policy, Elections, Mark Kirk, Patrick Leahy, U.S. Senate
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Column: Do-nothing Congress does something
OK, so Congress hasn't managed to pass a budget, fix the tax code or avert the automatic spending cuts of the dreaded "sequester." Are they getting anything done on Capitol Hill? Yes, and you'll probably be surprised to hear where progress is being...Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Crime, Law and Justice, Interior Policy, Elections, Joe Biden
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New Senate gun measure unveiled, and this one's bipartisan
WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of senators unveiled a new measure Monday to combat illegal gun trafficking, a sign of momentum for one element of President Obama’s initiative to reduce gun violence. The primary focus of the bill is to combat...
Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Republican Party, Crime, Law and Justice, Interior Policy, Mark Kirk
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COLUMN: Do-nothing Congress does something
OK, so Congress hasn’t managed to pass a budget, fix the tax code or avert the automatic spending cuts of the dreaded "sequester." Are they getting anything done on Capitol Hill? Yes, and you’ll probably be surprised to hear where progress...Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Crime, Law and Justice, Interior Policy, Elections, Joe Biden
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Can bipartisanship break out over gun control?
In my Sunday column, I wrote that Congress has made little-noticed progress on two kinds of gun-control legislation: a stronger system of background checks on gun buyers and tougher federal laws against gun trafficking. But the column was too brief to...
Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Crime, Law and Justice, Interior Policy, Mark Kirk, U.S. Senate
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McManus: Do-nothing Congress does something
OK, so Congress hasn't managed to pass a budget, fix the tax code or avert the automatic spending cuts of the dreaded "sequester." Are they getting anything done on Capitol Hill? Yes, and you'll probably be surprised to hear where progress is being...
Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Crime, Law and Justice, Interior Policy, Elections, Firearms
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South Dakota bison on the president's menu
WASHINGTON -- South Dakota bison will be on the menu when congressional leaders entertain President Barack Obama and his family at a post-inaugural luncheon on Jan. 21. They will be served a farm-to-table menu celebrating the inaugural theme, "Faith in...Tags: White House, Wildlife Conservation Society, Michelle Obama, George W. Bush, Endangered Species
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Straight-FORWARD: President Obama and the Senate’s New Legislative Strategy
Orlando Opinionators - Orlando SentinelLast Monday the so-called “Gang of Eight”, a bi-partisan coalition of senior level Republican and Democratic senators led by Chuck Schumer (D,NY) and Marco Rubio (R,FL), unveiled their outline for comprehensive immigration reform. Not to be... -
Column: Some questions for Hagel
Senate hearings on the nomination of Chuck Hagel to be defense secretary will be a distinctive Washington entertainment, a donnybrook without drama. He should be confirmed: Presidents are due substantial deference in selecting Cabinet members because they...Tags: Military Equipment, Hamas, George Will, European Union, NATO
Mar 11, 2013
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Mar 8, 2013
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Mar 7, 2013
|Column| Allentown Morning Call
Mar 7, 2013
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Mar 5, 2013
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Mar 4, 2013
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Mar 4, 2013
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Mar 4, 2013
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Mar 3, 2013
|Column| Los Angeles Times
Jan 18, 2013
|Story| Aberdeen News
Feb 15, 2013
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Jan 16, 2013
|Story| Aberdeen News
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