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  • New bill would require background check to purchase explosives

    Susan Ferrechio

    Published: Wed, Apr 24, 2013

    A bill has been introduced that would require background checks for the purchase of explosive powder. Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., is the author of the bill and says the introduction comes in response to the April 15 bombings at the Boston marathon. “It defies common sense that anyone,...

  • New Democratic plan would use war savings to offset cuts

    Susan Ferrechio

    Published: Tue, Apr 23, 2013

    Senate Democrats on Tuesday offered a plan to soften the blow of $85 billion in sequestration budget cuts by using unspent war funding to offset the cuts, upping the political pressure on Republicans to address cuts that are already creating flight delays and other inconveniences for the public....

  • Update: DIA says no evidence of tainted mail

    Susan Ferrechio

    Published: Tue, Apr 23, 2013

    The Defense Intelligence Agency announced that “no suspicious packages or letters,” were found after the agency’s mail screening equipment today alerted them to a potentially harmful substance. Army Lt. Col. Thomas Veale said the FBI was called in to take some samples for “further...

  • GOP not likely to back latest Democratic proposal to stop sequester

    Susan Ferrechio

    Published: Tue, Apr 23, 2013

    Senate Republicans are unlikely to support the latest Democratic proposal to stop the $85 billion sequester that is now prompting government-wide furloughs and delays at the nation’s airports. Reid said Tuesday he plans to introuduce a bill to replenesh what’s left of the $85 billion in...

  • House issues Benghazi report faulting Hillary Clinton

    Susan Ferrechio

    Updated: Tue, Apr 23, 2013

    A critical report (attached below)  drafted by five GOP-led House committees has determined that reduced security in Benghazi in the days leading up to the Sept. 11, 2012 attack were approved by then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. The report also found that White House and...

  • Reid reports ricin incident at Bolling air base in DC

    Susan Ferrechio

    Published: Tue, Apr 23, 2013

    Reid made the comment when reporters asked him about a report that police have released a man who was arrested last week for allegedly sending ricin-laced letters to a President Obama, Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and a judge. Paul Kevin Curtis, an Elvis impersonator from Corinth, Miss., is...

  • Max Baucus’ statement on his retirement

    Susan Ferrechio

    Updated: Tue, Apr 23, 2013

    Longtime Sen. Max Baucus, Montana Democrat, announced he will not seek a seventh term. He faced a tough re-election battle, having placed a key roll in passing the Affordable Healthcare Act, otherwise known as Obamacare, that is unpopular in his state. He recently declared the implementation of...

  • Boston bombings roil debate over immigration reform

    Susan Ferrechio

    Updated: Mon, Apr 22, 2013

    The fallout from the fatal bombings in Boston that federal officials said was staged by two Chechen nationals, is rippling through the debate over immigration reform now underway in the Senate despite reform supporters's insistence that the issues are unrelated. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., wrote...

  • Senate to open debate on charging national sales tax on online purchases

    Susan Ferrechio

    Published: Sat, Apr 20, 2013

    Fresh off last week's bitter battle over gun control legislation, the U.S. Senate is slated to delve into another divisive issue: legislation to tax Internet sales. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., is expected to begin debate on the Marketplace Fairness Act as early as Monday with a...


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