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Washington draws the wrong lessons from Boston
Ordinary people, elected and unelected, behaved heroically last week. Unfortunately, it all happened hundreds of miles from Washington. In Boston, strangers gave clothes and shelter to shivering runners. They comforted injured spectators. They saved...Tags: Politics, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), U.S. Senate, Crime, Law and Justice, Marco Rubio
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Can Hagel reshape the Pentagon?
Chuck Hagel, the former Republican senator from Nebraska who survived a stormy confirmation hearing to become the new secretary of defense, had a coming-out party of sorts last week before the National Defense University, the government's graduate...Tags: Politics, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Afghanistan, War in Afghanistan (2001-present), U.S. Military
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Lawmakers ask who knew what about bomb suspect
BOSTON (AP) — Lawmakers are asking tough questions about how the government tracked suspected Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev when he traveled to Russia last year, renewing criticism from after the Sept. 11 attacks that failure to share...
Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Saxby Chambliss, Separation of Church and State
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Biden, law enforcement to attend Boston memorial for slain officer
Thousands of law enforcement agents from around the country plan to attend a memorial on Wednesday for a campus police officer who authorities say was slain by the accused Boston Marathon bombers, and Vice President Joe Biden is slated to speak at the...
Tags: Sports, Law Enforcement, Saxby Chambliss, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Lawyers
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Albert Hunt: Senate friendship born of tragedy beats partisanship
These days, most dispatches from Washington focus on petty partisanship, posturing, impasses and a political culture that rewards confrontation. Here's a respite: a story of kindness, comity, generosity reaching across the political divide. It's about...Tags: Gordon Smith, Politics, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Mark Kirk, Physical Conditions
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Obama: Senate gun vote marks 'shameful day in Washington'
WASHINGTON -- President Obama declared it a “shameful day for Washington” on Wednesday after the Senate defeated an effort to expand background checks for people trying to purchase guns. Standing in the White House's Rose Garden with...Tags: Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, White House, Politics, Personal Weapon Control, Chuck Grassley
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Courage in short supply
WASHINGTON -- The gun bill was going down, but Sen. Joe Manchin, the West Virginia Democrat who reached a compromise to try to save it, went to the Senate floor Wednesday morning to give it one more try. In an unorthodox tactic, he appealed directly...
Tags: Johnny Isakson, Politics, John McCain, Crime, Law and Justice, The Washington Post
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Senate rejects gun background check measure
WASHINGTON — Gun control advocates had told themselves this time would be different. It wasn't. The two-decade deadlock that has gripped congressional efforts to act on gun control continued Wednesday as a measure to require more gun buyers to...
Tags: Dianne Feinstein, White House, Politics, Mark Kirk, U.S. Senate
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Senate blocks expanded gun sale background checks
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans, backed by a small band of rural-state Democrats, turned away legislation Wednesday to tighten restrictions on the sale of firearms, rejecting repeated appeals from President Barack Obama and personal pleas by...Tags: New York City, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, White House, Politics, Jay Carney
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New state law aims to help veterans land jobs
First lady Michelle Obama came to Annapolis on Wednesday to praise a new Maryland law, saying it sets a national standard for removing barriers for veterans in transition to the civilian workforce. The legislation — unanimously approved by the...
Tags: Government, White House, Politics, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Labor Legislation
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Senate showdown set on gun control
WASHINGTON — After four months of debate and maneuvering, the Senate headed for a showdown over gun control — a series of back-to-back votes on rival plans Wednesday afternoon that could end in the collapse of the entire effort. The...
Tags: Dianne Feinstein, White House, Politics, Mark Kirk, U.S. Senate
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Background checks measure faces defeat, sponsor says
WASHINGTON -- The lead author of a compromise plan to expand background checks, seen as the centerpiece of larger gun legislation before the Senate, all but conceded Wednesday that there won't be the votes needed to adopt it. During an appearance on...Tags: Politics, Personal Weapon Control, Chuck Grassley, Mark Kirk, MSNBC (tv network)
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