Bay Area Dems meet with Joe Biden on guns
Rep. Jackie Speier, D-San Mateo, said Vice President Joe Biden, head of the White House task force on gun violence, told a group of Democrats in a meeting Monday that the administration has identified...
View ArticleCA Rep. Garamendi: Time to “stop talking” and move quickly on gun proposals
California Democratic Rep. John Garamendi — who represents a key Northern California swing district near Sacramento — said today that Congress should “stop talking and take action” on President Obama’s...
View ArticleSenate Judiciary chair rejects Dianne Feinstein’s assault weapons ban
The Democratic chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee did not endorse colleague Dianne Feinstein’s assault weapons ban at a packed Capitol Hill hearing on guns Wednesday in the wake of the Newtown,...
View ArticleDianne Feinstein: “We can’t have a totally armed society”
Sen. Dianne Feinstein was more than cordial to National Rifle Association CEO Wayne LaPierre at Wednesday’s big gun hearing, noting they had done battle 18 years ago when the California Democrat passed...
View ArticleCornyn, Cruz measured in their wording attacking weapons ban
Continued coverage of the Judiciary Committee’s hearing on Sen. Feinstein’s proposed assault weapons ban: Texas Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz, who have been conservative outliers on many issues in the...
View ArticleNewtown witnesses testify powerfully at assault-weapons ban hearing
Continuing coverage of the Judiciary Committee’s hearing on Sen. Feinstein’s proposed assault-weapons ban: The crowd at the hearing, boisterous at other times, was utterly hushed as Newtown’s Neil...
View ArticleThe NRA, unvarnished
The National Rifle Association has more in common with the White House and Congress than you think. Its switchboard has been overwhelmed since the Dec. 14 massacre at Newtown’s Sandy Hook Elementary...
View ArticleDianne Feinstein clashes hotly with Ted Cruz: “I am not a sixth-grader”
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a 20-year veteran Democrat, clashed fiercely with Tea Party-backed newcomer Ted Cruz of Texas, when the freshman began lecturing the Californian about the Constitution during a...
View ArticleDianne Feinstein’s assault weapons ban dies in Senate
Senate majority leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., told Sen. Dianne Feinstein Monday night that he would drop her assault weapons ban from the package of gun control legislation he intends to bring to the...
View ArticleBipartisan gun bill ready in House should Senate act
Rep. Mike Thompson, a gun-owning Vietnam veteran hand-picked by House minority leader Nancy Pelosi to forge a bipartisan agreement on gun legislation in the House, unveiled a companion background check...
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