Alan Fram

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AP sources: House Dems offer own gun control plan

Alan Fram · February 7, 2013 3:40 am

Biden: Gun curbs can’t end killings but can help

Alan Fram · January 31, 2013 11:25 pm

Aide: Gabrielle Giffords to testify at gun hearing

Alan Fram · January 30, 2013 1:08 pm

NRA says more gun control not a serious proposal

Alan Fram · January 29, 2013 9:37 pm

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., walks to a closed-door meeting with fellow Democrats as he and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., work to negotiate a legislative path to avoid the so-called "fiscal cliff," at the Capitol in Washington, Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012. Senate and House leaders are rushing to assemble a last-ditch agreement to stave off middle-class tax increases and possibly delay steep spending cuts in an urgent attempt to find common ground after weeks of gridlock. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Progress seen in last-minute ‘fiscal cliff’ talks

Julie Pace, Alan Fram · December 31, 2012 5:00 am

Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, speaks to reporters about the fiscal cliff negotiations at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Dec. 21, 2012. Hopes for avoiding the "fiscal cliff" that threatens the U.S. economy fell Friday after fighting among congressional Republicans cast doubt on whether any deal reached with President Barack Obama could win approval ahead of automatic tax increases and deep spending cuts kick in Jan. 1. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

‘Fiscal cliff’ leaves Boehner a wounded speaker

Alan Fram · December 22, 2012 2:07 pm

Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, left, joined by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., returns to his office after speaking to reporters on the fiscal cliff negotiations, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Dec. 21, 2012. Hopes for avoiding the "fiscal cliff" that threatens the U.S. economy fell Friday after fighting among congressional Republicans cast doubt on whether any deal reached with President Barack Obama could win approval ahead of automatic tax increases and deep spending cuts kick in Jan. 1. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Cliff poses tiny dollar gap, wide political ravine

Alan Fram · December 21, 2012 3:49 pm

President Barack Obama waves to the media as he walks from Marine One to the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012, in Washington, as he returns from Walter Reed National Military Medial Center in Bethesda, Md., where he visited injured military members. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Hot rhetoric, tiny numbers separate Obama, Boehner

Alan Fram · December 21, 2012 1:43 am

Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, joined by Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, left, and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., right, as they finish a news conference about the fiscal cliff negotiations after a closed-door GOP strategy session, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

White House threatens veto of GOP budget plan

Alan Fram · December 19, 2012 5:29 pm

Some conservatives rebel over ‘fiscal cliff’ talks

Alan Fram · December 17, 2012 10:01 pm

FILE - In this Feb. 9, 2012 file photo, Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chair of the Republican Study Committee addresses the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington. Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, a veteran House conservative leader, took a more measured tone but said he would vote against a compromise raising tax rates. âTax increases are not conducive to growing economies and creating jobs,â Jordan said last week. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Some conservatives rebel over ‘fiscal cliff’ talks

Alan Fram · December 17, 2012 9:23 pm

$4 trillion no magical cure for debt problem

Alan Fram · December 14, 2012 8:14 pm