Tag: Patty Murray

"While gun control is not the answer, the best and most effective path forward, I believe, is one that safeguards our schools from becoming "soft targets," or areas with little to stand in the way of someone with bad intentions," said Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Mark Meadows proposes $1.5B to boost school safety after Florida shooting

Anna Giaritelli · March 7, 2018 6:52 pm

Groups sent a letter to congressional leaders Tuesday supporting a bill that would hand out Obamacare insurer payments and give states $10 billion over two years to help prop up Obamacare insurers. (iStock photo)

Healthcare groups press for Obamacare stabilization bills

Robert King · March 6, 2018 7:00 pm

In this 2017 photo, dairy cows eat hay at the University of New Hampshire's Organic Dairy Research Farm in Lee, N.H. Those who wish to reduce the amount of antibiotics in the meat supply are eyeing on a set of bills that would speed up the approval of medicines for animals. They wish to attach language to the law that would restrict or add more reporting requirements on the use of antibiotics in livestock.

Stricter rules for antibiotics eyed for bills on animal drug fees

Kimberly Leonard · March 6, 2018 5:01 am

Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., sent a letter to the House on Thursday asking for a "full retroactive" repeal of Obamacare's individual mandate. Meadows is concerned that Americans may not realize that they still face penalties if they don't have health insurance in 2017. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Mark Meadows wants ‘retroactive’ repeal of Obamacare’s individual mandate this tax season

Daniel Chaitin · March 2, 2018 12:49 am

Business renews Senate lobbying push after NLRB reversal on corporate liability

Sean Higgins · March 1, 2018 11:10 pm

Sen. Patty Murray wants Scott Lloyd, director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement, to resign for blocking access to abortions for illegal immigrant minors. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Patty Murray demands resignation of HHS official who leads refugee office

Robert King · March 1, 2018 7:26 pm

Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced on Tuesday that the Justice Department's inspector general will investigate alleged abuses of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, a move condemned by President Trump on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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13 Republicans ask Jeff Sessions to appoint second special counsel to investigate FBI, DOJ

Daniel Chaitin · February 28, 2018 11:13 pm

Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., said that a repeal of the the Dickey Amendment, which prohibits federal funding from going towards studies that promote or advocate gun control research, is among the topics under discussion in Congress. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Democrats see opening to get rid of ban on gun violence research

Robert King · February 28, 2018 12:49 am

Senate Majority Whip Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, (pictured center) is cosponsoring a bill with Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., and more than a dozen other senators from both parties. The bill would improve the nation's background check system used for scrutinizing most firearms purchases. However, House Republicans are likely to oppose it unless they can add language allowing concealed carry permit holders to legally bring their weapons to other states. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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Trump and Congress move on guns after Florida

Susan Ferrechio · February 27, 2018 5:01 am

Condoleezza Rice said she doesn't want guns present in her classroom and called it a "sad thing" that a discussion is being held about needing guards to protect schools in the wake of the shooting in Parkland, Fla. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)

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Condoleezza Rice: ‘I don’t really like the idea of a gun in my classroom’

Al Weaver · February 23, 2018 7:56 pm

Republican John Kasich of Ohio, Colorado Democrat John Hickenlooper and Alaska's Bill Walker, an independent, pushed for the two bills during a press conference Friday at the National Press Club. (AP)

Bipartisan governors seek new momentum for Obamacare bills

Robert King · February 23, 2018 6:21 pm

"Every church that I know of has that same kind of policy," Rep. Jim Jordan said. "There are parishioners each Sunday who've had the training — maybe they're retired law enforcement, retired military ... they have a policy in place." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Freedom Caucus leaders support arming teachers, oppose Trump’s other gun ideas

Al Weaver · February 23, 2018 5:50 pm