Senate shelves gun bill after defeats
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Four months and four days after the Newtown shootings, the U.S. Senate has indefinitely shelved major gun legislation.
The move follows the 54-46 defeat of a compromise to expand background checks, the most critical of a series of amendments that failed to pass the Senate on Wednesday.
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Letter sent to Sen. Roger Wicker tests positive for deadly substance ricin
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A letter intended to reach Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., was intercepted at an off-site facility after testing positive for a deadly poison, according to FBI officials.
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Senators to announce background check deal
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Two key senators have reached a deal to expand background checks to firearms sales at gun shows and on the Internet, sources close to the negotiations said early Wednesday.
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Ashley Judd passes on KY Senate run
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So much for what would have been 2014’s most-watched Senate contest.
Actress Ashley Judd, a Democrat, announced on Wednesday that she will not mount a challenge to take on Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell in Kentucky.
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Senate Democrats push forward with background checks
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Senate Democrats are pushing forward with a plan to require all gun buyers to get a background check before they can buy a firearm.
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The Senate passed legislation on Wednesday to fund the United States through the end of September, making a big step toward averting a threatened government at the end of this month.
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GOP’s Portman: I now support gay marriage
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Sen. Rob Portman, once considered as Mitt Romney’s running mate, says decision followed his son’s coming-out.
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After holding forth on the Senate floor for almost 13 hours, Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul has ended a lengthy filibuster of the president’s nominee to lead the CIA.
Read the complete story.Approaching 12 hour mark, Paul-led filibuster continues
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Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul pledged to filibuster the nomination of John Brennan to be the next CIA director “until I can no longer speak.”
With the twelve-hour mark in sight, after assists from more than a half dozen colleagues along the way, he showed little sign of stopping.
Read the complete story and watch live video of the nomination.
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Senate hearings on guns turn emotional: Newtown victim ‘the love of my life’
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The debate over potential new gun laws turned raw and tearful on Wednesday as a key Senate committee held hearings on an assault weapons ban backed by President Barack Obama.
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It’s official: Senate confirms Hagel as next defense secretary
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The Senate voted to confirm former Sen. Chuck Hagel as President Barack Obama’s next secretary of defense following weeks of dogged opposition by Republican senators to their erstwhile colleague.
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Senate ends Hagel filibuster, moving defense pick toward confirmation
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Former Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., moved a step closer to becoming the nation’s next defense secretary after the Senate voted Tuesday to end debate on his nomination, and move toward a final confirmation vote.
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BREAKING: U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) won’t see re-election in 2014
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New Jersey Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D, won’t seek re-election next November, a Democratic source confirmed to NBC News.
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Republicans press Hagel on nuclear arsenal and Iran
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Former senator Chuck Hagel, President Barack Obama’s choice to be secretary of defense faced skeptical questions from Republicans during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee Thursday.
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Step one: Talib Kweli comes in for rehearsal and sees Al Roker on a bike.
Step two: Someone else spots Talib, then Al on his bike, and has the...
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