NEW YORK—Just days after he publicly scolded President Barack Obama for not being more aggressive in his efforts to curb gun violence, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said he was “very encouraged” to see Obama pressing for new gun measures in the wake of last week’s deadly school shooting in Connecticut. “His announcement is [...]
As lawmakers on Capitol Hill struggle with looming deadlines on taxes and spending cuts, they now face another big question: What, if anything, can Congress do to prevent more massacres like the one last Friday in Newtown, Conn.? Some Democrats are pushing for tighter restrictions on guns and ammunition. In their way stands the Republican-run [...]
After four days of self-imposed silence on the shooting that killed 26 people inside a Newtown, Conn., elementary school, the nation's largest gun rights lobby emerged Tuesday and promised "to offer meaningful contributions to help make sure this never happens again." 2012 Elections News Headlines – Yahoo! News
13% sounds pretty pretty pretty good.
Mitt Romney’s flub as he introduced Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) as his running mate for the 2012 campaign sparked a flurry of tweets. And it also echoed President Obama’s flub in 2008, when he introduced Joe Biden as “the next president.” » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Politics
It’s too early to know what kind of a difference Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan will make to the GOP ticket. Still, there have been some choices who made a difference. Here, the top five from the last half-century or so. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Politics
The Obama campaign is renewing calls on Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney to release more of his tax returns, saying a fuller disclosure is the only way to resolve questions about his secretive offshore finances, which Democrats have been scrutinizing for the past week. Yahoo! Elections – Destination 2012
In the days since the movie theater shooting in Aurora, Colo., there’s been little discussion of the laws that allowed the gunman to acquire his arsenal. National politicians in both parties are generally wary of offending the powerful gun lobby. Read more at NPR: Politicians Shy Away From New Gun Control Efforts
We may be three weeks away from learning Mitt Romney’s choice of a running mate. Until then, here is a historical look at all the VP picks in the last half century, and which ones were considered a plus — or a minus. Road Map For Mitt Romney
The Boston Globe is reporting new details about Mitt Romney’s lingering ties to his private equity firm, Bain Capital, after he left Boston to run the Winter Olympics. The Globe cites interviews and public records in saying that Romney was “not merely an absentee owner” between 1999 and 2002. Read more
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