Senator Joe Manchin Addresses NRA Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh
Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia tells a turkey hunting story during his address to the crowd at the NRA Celebration of American Values event at the David Lawrence Convention Center during the NRA Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh on April 29, 2011 UPI/Archie Carpenter
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Mayor Michael Bloomberg asked major New York political donors Wednesday to withhold support from four Democrats who voted against background checks.
U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., said he still thinks the amendment he sponsored to expand gun purchase background checks can pass the U.S. Senate.
U.S. Senate leaders say they worry New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's Mayors Against Illegal Guns' efforts could cost Democrats control of the chamber.
Rep. Mike McCaul, R-Texas, said Sunday he believes the Boston Marathon bombers were trained by someone else because their bombs were too sophisticated.
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators is working to revive gun-control legislation, addressing differences that blocked advancement of a background checks bill.
Despite criticism of Senate Republicans after a gun-control bill was defeated, President Obama thinks consensus remains on other issues, the White House said.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said the chamber, after defeating a gun sale background checks bill, would table the measure to focus on other legislation.
A Mississippi man was charged with threatening President Obama by sending a letter testing positive for ricin, the Justice Department said Thursday.
U.S. President Obama said Wednesday the Senate vote to kill a bill expanding gun sale background checks was "shameful," but it was "just round 1" of the fight.
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, speaking Wednesday before the Senate killed a bill expanding gun-sale background checks, said "we're gonna get this eventually."
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