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Coats defends his vote on guns
Although polls nationwide and in Indiana show overwhelming support for tightening background checks for gun purchases,Sen. Dan Coats, Indiana's Republican senior senator, voted "no." He says most constituents who contacted him wanted him to do just that....
Tags: Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Dan Coats, Gun Control, Interior Policy, Personal Weapon Control
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Toomey is open to reviving background-check bill
The Philadelphia InquirerSen. Pat Toomey (R., Pa.) hasn't given up on his bill to expand background checks for gun purchases, he said Thursday, signaling more willingness to return to the plan than he had publicly shown before. "If we could find a way to bring some more folks...Tags: Laws, Interior Policy, Elections, Gun Control, Personal Weapon Control
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The Charleston Gazette, W.Va., Phil Kabler column
The Charleston Gazette, W.Va.CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Though the timing may have caught people by surprise, it was no secret that House Speaker Rick Thompson, D-Wayne, was looking at his options. One rumor was that he was planning on running for sheriff of Wayne County in 2016 -- an...Tags: West Virginia Legislature, Elections, Politics, Parties and Movements, Republican Party
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House Speaker Thompson appointed to Department of Veterans Assistance
The Dominion Post, Morgantown, W.Va.House Speaker Rick Thompson will take a new post as secretary of the Department of Veterans Assistance. Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin announced Thompson's appointment Thursday morning. Current Secretary Keith Gwinn is retiring for health reasons, Tomblin said....Tags: Armed Forces, Executive Branch, Politics, John D. Rockefeller IV, Career and Workplace
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Politics as usual
Bloomberg gun control group thanks Toomey A gun control advocacy group backed by New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg began airing a TV ad Thursday that thanks U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey for his work on strengthening background checks. The Mayors Against ...Tags: Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Personal Weapon Control, Politics, Parties and Movements, Twitter, Inc.
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New suit related to scandal
The Dominion Post, Morgantown, W.Va.A new civil lawsuit has been filed against WVU's Board of Governors (BOG) and five others by two former deans cleared of academic misconduct in connection with the Heather Bresch degree scandal. R. Stephen Sears, former College of Business and Economics...Tags: Justice System, Trials, Crime, Law and Justice
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Rahall off and running to seek his 20th term
The Register-Herald, Beckley, W.Va.Nick Rahall landed his first term in Congress the same year Jimmy Carter won a four-year lease on the White House. Carter soon fell in disfavor with American voters and served only one term as president, but Rahall has kept his job in the House of...Tags: George W. Bush, Politics, White House, Barack Obama, Eric Holder
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Lawmakers denounce IRS actions
The Register-Herald, Beckley, W.Va.A hearing is scheduled Friday on Capitol Hill by the House Ways and Means Committee to explore the political tactics the Internal Revenue Service allegedly used against the Tea Party and other conservative organizations. Another hearing is planned...Tags: Internal Revenue Service, U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means, Taxation, Politics, U.S. Senate Committee on Finance
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Obama, lawmakers denounce IRS for targeting conservative groups
WASHINGTON – President Obama on Monday condemned the targeting of conservative groups by the Internal Revenue Service and vowed to punish anyone who may have taken part in it, as senators called for top IRS officials to resign and congressional...
Tags: Internal Revenue Service, Taxation, Politics, White House, U.S. Senate Committee on Finance
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Gun control backers turn up heat on selected senators
WASHINGTON — First came the letter-writing campaigns, then the protests at town hall meetings and now the television ads. The last several weeks in New Hampshire have had the feel of a heated electoral season — but the target of this siege,...
Tags: Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Interior Policy, Gun Control, Personal Weapon Control, Politics
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Mail Call - May 6
“This is to the person who thinks the Senate is protecting this country. Well, they did not close the borders, they are going to get raises, they pass bills and don’t read them. Their kids go to private schools, they get free health care, they...Tags: Civil Rights, George W. Bush, Interior Policy, Gun Control, Sports Illustrated
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House Democrats Lead New Gun Control Effort
The Hartford CourantThe leader of gun-violence prevention efforts in the U.S. House of Representatives was in Connecticut on Friday to help Democrats execute their new strategy: Demonstrate enough support in the lower chamber to compel the U.S. Senate to revisit the bill...Tags: Laws, Nancy Pelosi, Personal Weapon Control, Politics, Mike Thompson
May 20, 2013
|Column| South Bend Tribune
May 17, 2013
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May 13, 2013
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May 5, 2013
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May 10, 2013
|Story| Hartford Courant
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