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Senate should pass mental health bill after gun defeat: Manchin
Posted by admin on April 18th, 2013
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Senate should proceed with a stand-alone bill to improve mental health treatment to help stem gun violence after key parts of President Barack Obama's gun control agenda were defeated, a key senator involved in the effort said on Thursday. Joe Manchin, the West Virginia Democrat who championed stronger [...]
Senate should pass mental health bill after gun defeat: Manchin
Posted by admin on April 18th, 2013
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Senate should proceed with a stand-alone bill to improve mental health treatment to help stem gun violence after key parts of President Barack Obama's gun control agenda were defeated, a key senator involved in the effort said on Thursday. Joe Manchin, the West Virginia Democrat who championed stronger [...]
Manchin Still Pushing Gun Bill
Posted by admin on April 18th, 2013
Sen. Joe Machin (D-WV) told the Wall Street Journal that enough senators could be persuaded to revive and pass the gun background check measure defeated yesterday. He claimed that 70 lawmakers would have supported his amendment with Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA) if the NRA hadn’t warned lawmakers that it would include their votes in its [...]
Manchin: Gun Control Amendment Won’t Pass; Sanford Trespasses At Ex-Wife’s Home; Weiner Polls Second
Posted by admin on April 17th, 2013
Click hereto read online and see our archives.WHAT’S NEWSPres. Obama will travel to Boston on Thursday to attend “an interfaith service dedicated to the victims of the bombings.” He has cancelled a scheduled speech in KS on Friday (CBS News). Obama met with the Gang of Eight at the WH on Tuesday to discuss their [...]
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No Comments »Debate on gun bill delayed as Reid, Manchin, Toomey and Biden seek needed votes
Posted by admin on April 16th, 2013
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Sen. Manchin Breaks Down in Tears Meeting With Newtown Parents
Posted by admin on April 11th, 2013
Meeting with Newtown families this afternoon, Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., told them, “I’m a parent and a grandfather, and I had to do something.” He spoke slowly, pausing between words as he choked back tears. “I had to do something.” Mark Barden, the father of… Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post
Posted in Breaking News Tags: Breaks, Down, Manchin, Meeting, Newtown, Parents', Sen., Tears No Comments »Sens. Manchin and Toomey announce compromise to expand gun-buyers’ background checks
Posted by admin on April 10th, 2013
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Posted in Breaking News Tags: Announce, Background, checks, Compromise, expand, gunbuyers', Manchin, Sens., Toomey No Comments »Manchin, Toomey to announce gun background check proposal
Posted by admin on April 10th, 2013
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Have Democrats Found Another Manchin in West Virginia?
Posted by admin on March 21st, 2013
Though for the last several weeks, Democratic hopes of retaining Sen. Jay Rockefeller’s seat in 2014 have looked bleak, it seems party operatives may have finally found their unicorn in West Virginia: a wealthy, pro-coal, pro-business Democrat in the style of Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.V. Attorney Nick Preservati has spoken with the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee about running for [...]
