Tag: John Cornyn

Paul Ryan needs these three questions answered before he moves on gun control

Anna Giaritelli · June 16, 2016 11:35 pm

Washington Secrets

Gun groups go on full alert over ‘No Fly, No Buy’

Paul Bedard · June 16, 2016 8:29 pm

"That's an incredibly ignorant thing for [Hillary Clinton] to say, that anybody can be denied their constitutional rights without due process of law, without the government coming forward and establishing due process of law. That's simply un-American." (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner File)

National Security

Cornyn: Dem gun control push is ‘un-American’

Joel Gehrke · June 16, 2016 7:12 pm

Donald Trump goes it alone

W. James Antle III · June 16, 2016 4:01 am

In essence, the Left seems to want predict who will actually commit a crime and preemptively ban them from obtaining a gun without any judicial process or appeal. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

Beltway Confidential

A better approach to banning guns from those on the Terror Watch List

Ashe Schow · June 15, 2016 8:12 pm

Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas, and Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., are seeking a legislative middle ground between Cornyn's bill, which would impose a three-day delay for those on the list, and Feinstein's bill, which would ban people on the terror watch list from buying guns. (AP Photos)

National Security

Cornyn, Feinstein in talks to find gun control compromise

Susan Ferrechio · June 15, 2016 7:33 pm

"[W]ith great reluctance, I have requested that Chairman Grassley withdraw the ECPA Amendments Act from the markup agenda until such time as we can proceed without risking that this bill actually decrease the privacy of our citizens," said Sen. Mike Lee. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

GOP split delays email privacy bill in the Senate

Joel Gehrke · June 9, 2016 11:50 pm

Two U.S. Navy riverine command boats accidentally entered Iranian waters in the Persian Gulf in January due to a mix of navigational errors and engine failure. The 10 sailors on board were detained overnight by members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. (Sepahnews via AP)

National Security

Iran could face sanctions for detention of U.S. sailors under new bill

Jacqueline Klimas · June 2, 2016 6:28 pm

"I am concerned that this proposed rulemaking would replace marketplace solutions with greater government regulation," Chuck Grassley said. (AP Photo)

Grassley: Keep Google out of video programming

Rudy Takala · May 23, 2016 10:27 pm

"We call on you to dismiss Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes before he further tarnishes the Office of President," the Republican lawmakers wrote. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

GOP senators to Obama: Fire Rhodes

Anna Giaritelli · May 17, 2016 1:05 am

"I just have too many concerns about the spike in violent crime in this country and what impact that law would have on it," Rubio said. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg, File)

Rubio opposes sentencing reform legislation

Joel Gehrke · May 12, 2016 11:43 pm

"My best judgment after many, many years in law enforcement is that bottom on crime rates has been reached and the rise we're beginning to see is part of a long-term trend, not an aberration," Sessions said. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Jeff Sessions predicts long-term surge in crime

Joel Gehrke · May 11, 2016 11:56 pm