As former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords announced her efforts to prevent gun violence Tuesday—exactly two years after she was shot in the head while meeting with constituents—some gun-control advocates say they see a powerful new symbol for their cause. She and husband Mark Kelly launched Americans for Responsible Solutions, announcing it...
Less than two weeks after Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) cut a deal with Biden to avert the fiscal cliff, a conservative group is attacking him for it. A new ad, which is featured on the Drudge Report and other websites, features a photo of McConnell between Biden and...
Sen. Bob Corker, R-TN, proposed again on Tuesday to shift the burden of medical costs away from Medicare and onto well-off seniors. The policy, called “means testing,” has been part of most “grand bargain” proposals floated before the fiscal-cliff deal, including a fiscal plan Corker pushed during December’s sequestration showdown....
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), the state where the Newtown school shootings took place, intends to introduce a bill that will toughen requirements for purchasing ammunition by mandating background checks for people who buy bullets. Background checks currently are only required for those seeking to purchase guns—not ammunition.
“House Republicans are gearing up for another fight over the second of two packages to provide aid to Hurricane Sandy victims,” Politico reports. The legislation, representing about $50 billion, could get watered down with amendments and threaten to provide far less money to those affected in the Northeast. Based on...
With the new congressional session comes new legislation, new senators, and – in the case of the Senate Republican Conference – a new mobile phone application. The SRC this week unveiled an app that it bills as a “one-stop shop” for all GOP news in the upper chamber. Its catalogue...