Toomey: Background checks aren’t happening “any time soon”
“It’s a pretty heavy lift to get five senators to change their mind," Toomey said
Wednesday, May 1, 2013 7:11 PM UTCPolitics Pat Toomey, U.S. Senate
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Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 11:46 AM UTC 61Politics Video, Opening Shot, Ted Cruz
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Monday, Apr 29, 2013 8:10 PM UTC 13Elections Kirsten Gillibrand, Mitt Romney
Poll: Most wanted background checks to pass the Senate
65 percent said the Senate should have passed the measure
Monday, Apr 29, 2013 1:18 PM UTCPolitics Gun Control, Gallup
Senate fixes the (part of the) sequestration (that affects rich people)!
Just in time for members to fly home, Congress averts the one cut it cares about. Hint: Not Head Start!
Friday, Apr 26, 2013 12:05 PM UTC 44News Opening Shot, U.S. Senate
Good riddance, Senator Baucus
Retirement for one of the Democrats most responsible for the party's destructive shift to the economic right
Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 3:43 PM UTC 22Business Montana, brian schweitzer
Giffords on gun vote: The Senate “gave in to fear”
In an Op-Ed for the New York Times, Gabrielle Giffords railed against the Senate for blocking background checks
Thursday, Apr 18, 2013 12:31 PM UTCPolitics Gabrielle Giffords, Gun Control
Minority of useless undemocratic legislative body blocks modest gun control legislation
The gun measure failed because of dumb filibuster rules, not Joe Manchin's supposed "lack of confidence"
Thursday, Apr 18, 2013 11:45 AM UTC 93News Opening Shot, Gun Control
GOP filibuster kills background checks
The "compromise" on gun reform supported by 90 percent of country dies in Senate after failing to secure 60 votes
Wednesday, Apr 17, 2013 8:56 PM UTC 122Politics Guns, Gun Control, Filibuster
Manchin: Background checks deal won’t pass
The Senate is set to vote on nine amendments related to its gun legislation on Wednesday
Wednesday, Apr 17, 2013 1:02 PM UTCPolitics Joe Manchin, Pat Toomey
Manchin and Toomey mull changes to background check deal
In order to win over rural lawmakers, the senators are considering exempting some more remote areas
Tuesday, Apr 16, 2013 12:55 PM UTCPolitics Joe Manchin, Pat Toomey
Manchin-Toomey measure still doesn’t have the votes
The deal on background checks is proving tricky for moderate Republicans
Monday, Apr 15, 2013 1:35 PM UTCPolitics Joe Manchin, Pat Toomey
Fighting for political life, Mitch has LaPierre’s back
He'll do anything to avoid or win a primary, which means sabotaging gun control, plus other confusing moves
Monday, Apr 15, 2013 11:45 AM UTCPolitics Opening Shot, Mitch McConnell
Gun debate highlights everything awful about the U.S. Senate
From awful punditry to filibuster hypocrisy, the debate over gun reform is the worst of American politics
Monday, Apr 8, 2013 11:45 AM UTC 13Politics Opening Shot, U.S. Senate
Rubio isn’t immigration reform’s only potential saboteur
Before Chuck Schumer pops the champagne, he's got to deal with senator's delay tactics and a Republican House
Tuesday, Apr 2, 2013 11:46 AM UTC 11Politics Opening Shot
Obama to dine with GOP senators again
Will civility end Senate gridlock? Ha ha, no
Wednesday, Mar 27, 2013 9:23 PM UTCPolitics Politics, Barack Obama
Poll finds big support for background checks
88 percent say they support universal background checks, including 85 percent of gun owners
Friday, Mar 22, 2013 1:40 PM UTC 10Politics Gun Control, Harry Reid
Senate panel ready to OK gun background checks
The Senate Judiciary Committee will also likely approve an assault weapons ban
Tuesday, Mar 12, 2013 12:36 PM UTCNews From the Wires, U.S. Senate
New Senate plan: Legalize serfdom?
New immigration proposal will create a legal class of non-citizen serfs forced to work without basic benefits
Monday, Mar 11, 2013 7:49 PM UTC 45Business Immigration, Immigration Reform
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