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Senate showdown vote on gun curbs set for Thursday
The Senate's top Democrat has set Congress' first showdown vote for Thursday on President Barack Obama's gun control drive as a small but mounting ...
Biden: Threats to block gun bill 'embarrassing'
Vice President Joe Biden says he refuses to believe a small group of senators will block a vote on gun legislation. The vice president says it would ...
Obama says he's 'determined as ever' for gun bill
With time running out on the chance to pass gun control legislation, President Barack Obama on Monday warned Congress not to use delaying tactics ...
Democrats bring gun control bill to Senate floor
Democrats have brought gun control legislation to the Senate floor amid a threat from conservative Republican senators to use delaying tactics to ...
Senators work on deal expanding background checks
Talks between two influential senators have emerged as the most promising route for a bipartisan breakthrough on expanding federal background checks ...
Obama: 'Shame on us' if Newtown is forgotten
President Barack Obama urged lawmakers Thursday to remember the children gunned down in America and not "get squishy" in the face of powerful forces ...
Biden says gun control votes 'only the beginning'
Vice President Joe Biden said Wednesday the expected upcoming Senate votes on gun control are only the beginning of the White House's fight. The fate ...
Correction: Guns story
In a story March 25 about the debate on gun control, The Associated Press reported erroneously that military style assault rifles with high-capacity ...
Reid: Background checks will be in Senate gun bill
Democrats who vowed a crackdown on guns after the horrific Newtown, Conn., school shooting are touting prospects for Senate passage of expanded ...
Biden not giving up on assault weapons ban
The White House is still pushing for an assault weapons ban, Vice President Joe Biden said Wednesday, even though Senate Democrats all but sealed its ...
Correction: Budget Battle story
In a story March 19 about budget legislation, The Associated Press misidentified Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin as a Democrat. He is a Republican.
No assault weapons ban: Not in Dems' Senate bill
An assault weapons ban won't be in the gun-control legislation that Democrats bring to the Senate floor next month, a decision that means the ban's ...
Catchall spending bill advances in Senate
A bipartisan full-year funding bill took a big step forward in the Senate on Monday, despite opposition from Republicans who were denied chances to ...
Conservatives confident on gun measures
Conservatives are all but declaring victory on their defense of gun rights, exuding confidence as calls for aggressive controls in the wake of the ...
Dems push assault weapons ban through Senate panel
Democrats pushed an assault weapons ban through a Senate committee on Thursday and toward its likely doom on the Senate floor, after an emotion-laden ...
Status of proposals for gun control legislation
Status of proposals for curbing gun violence announced earlier this year by President Barack Obama: ___ NEEDS CONGRESSIONAL ACTION: —A divided Senate ...
Democrats face challenging Senate landscape
After a surprising string of victories last fall, Democrats now face a challenging terrain as they look to hold onto their Senate majority in 2014 and ...
Paul energizes supporters with Senate filibuster
Call it Rand's Stand: A nearly 13-hour stall tactic on the Senate floor that thrust a tea party hero back into the national spotlight — a real-life ...
Republicans block Obama nominee to appeals court
Senate Republicans on Wednesday blocked the confirmation of federal appeals court nominee Caitlin Halligan for the second time, denying President ...
Column: 'It is now time to recast his legacy.'
For all the things President Obama says he can't do because of the political gridlock in Washington, he can right a century-old wrong simply by ...
Lawmakers seek pardon for boxing champ
Lawmakers seeking a presidential pardon for Jack Johnson, the world's first black heavyweight boxing champion imprisoned a century ago for his ...
Asian firm buys site of stalled Vegas Strip casino
Panda habitats, tea gardens and red pagodas have never been part of the visual vocabulary of the Las Vegas Strip. But Sin City is about to get all ...
Senate Dems' bill light on deficit cuts in 2013
White House-backed legislation in the Senate to replace $85 billion in across-the-board spending cuts would raise the deficit through the end of the ...
THE RESET: Obama can cheer progress on nominations
Although scant progress has been made toward averting deep automatic budget cuts that begin Friday, President Barack Obama can welcome some forward ...