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In spite of a bipartisan compromise to impose background checks for nearly all sales of firearms, the Senate failed to reach the 60-vote threshold needed to defeat a filibuster yesterday, effectively ending the federal push for gun control. The Onion Tweet This Post
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In blow to Obama, Senate blocks gun-control plan
Posted by admin on April 18th, 2013
By John Whitesides and David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama's campaign to curb gun violence after the Newtown school massacre was dealt a crippling blow on Wednesday when the Senate rejected a plan to expand background checks for gun buyers. Despite emotional pleas from families of victims of the shootings in Newtown, Connecticut, [...]
Avoiding Stumbling Blocks on the Pathway to Citizenship
Posted by admin on April 17th, 2013
ANALYSIS By JIM AVILA So eight senators have agreed on a “pathway to citizenship” for America’s undocumented, leaving a mere 92 to go. And make no mistake, there are many stumbling blocks on this road to legalization. Pro-pathway advocates are concerned that too many people… Tweet This Post
Mark Sanford Wins S.C. Runoff, but Colbert Busch Still Blocks His Path to Redemption
Posted by admin on April 3rd, 2013
Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford will be the Republican nominee on a ballot in his home state for the first time in seven years, after defeating former Charleston County Council member Curtis Bostic in a primary runoff on Tuesday for the state’s vacant 1st Congressional District seat. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet [...]
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No Comments »American Voices: Judge Blocks New York City’s Soda Ban
Posted by admin on March 12th, 2013
Just one day before the rule was set to go into effect in New York City, a state justice blocked Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s controversial regulation banning the sale of sodas and other sugary beverages over 16 ounces. The Onion Tweet This Post
Republican filibuster blocks Senate vote on Hagel nomination
Posted by admin on February 15th, 2013
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Posted in Breaking News Tags: blocks, Filibuster, Hagel, nomination, Republican, Senate, vote No Comments »Senate GOP blocks Hagel vote for now
Posted by admin on February 15th, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans on Thursday blocked the nomination of former GOP senator Chuck Hagel as the nation's next defense secretary over unrelated questions about President Barack Obama's actions in the aftermath of the deadly raid on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Libya. Obama accused Republicans of playing politics with national security during wartime, [...]
O’Keefe blocks investigation into alleged ‘voter fraud’ by refusing to cooperate with police
Posted by admin on February 5th, 2013
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Posted in Breaking News Tags: Alleged, blocks, cooperate, fraud, Into, Investigation, O'Keefe, Police, refusing, voter No Comments »Senate Dems urge Obama to do whatever is necessary to avoid crisis if GOP blocks debt limit increase
Posted by admin on January 11th, 2013
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Posted in Breaking News Tags: Avoid, blocks, Crisis, Debt, Dems, Increase, limit, necessary', Obama, Senate, urge, Whatever No Comments »Tajikistan blocks scores of websites as election looms
Posted by admin on December 25th, 2012
DUSHANBE (Reuters) – Tajikistan blocked access to more than 100 local and foreign websites on Tuesday, in what a government source said was a rehearsal of silencing critics before next year’s election when President Imomali Rakhmon will again run for office. Rakhmon, a 60-year-old former head of a Soviet cotton farm, has ruled the impoverished [...]
