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In an article by Todd Ruger posted 3/21/21 at 12:23 p.m., Senator Schumer said, “No more hopes and prayers, thoughts & prayers. A vote is what we need.”
Senator Schumer went on to say HR 1446 would require background checks between private individuals and licensed gun dealers at gun shows closing the so called “gun show loopholes.” This is a false statement as the present law requires a F.F.L. dealer to do a background check any time they sell a firearm regardless of where they are.
Senator Schumer went on to say “that in 1994 when the Brady Bill was passed we didn’t have the internet. It saved hundreds of thousands if not millions of lives.” Again both of his statements are incorrect. The first thing sold on the internet according to Shopify was on Arpanetin 1972. It was a deal to sell marijuana between Stanford University and MIT students.
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Protesters storm the Capitol and halt a joint session of the 117th Congress on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington, D.C. (Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times/TNS)
2 men charged with assaulting officers, including Sicknick, in Jan. 6 Capitol attack
Todd Ruger, CQ-Roll Call, (TNS)
WASHINGTON Two men face charges in connection with the Jan. 6 assaults of Capitol Police officers, including Brian D. Sicknick, who later died from his injuries.
Julian Khater, 32, of Pennsylvania, and George Tanios, 39, of West Virginia, were arrested Sunday on a complaint filed in federal court in Washington, the Justice Department announced.
Khater and Tanios were at the U.S. Capitol and video footage shows them working together to spray officers directly in the face and eyes, the Justice Department said.
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ON TO THE NEXT ONE: President Joe Biden signed off on the $1.9 trillion Covid relief package yesterday, sealing the deal on a campaign promise and wrapping an eight-week sprint to get it done before March 14.
But even before the bill was signed, Democrats began deliberating what will be next. Infrastructure is a big topic of conversation, but the Biden administration is also scrambling to address surging migration at the border, including the number of children held at detention facilities. Both are already facing headwinds. And if the Covid relief bill was any indication, Biden and congressional leaders may be facing an uphill
Todd Ruger, CQ-Roll Call, (TNS)
WASHINGTON The Senate Judiciary Committee advanced the nomination of Merrick Garland to be attorney general by a bipartisan vote Monday, setting up a potential final floor vote on confirmation as early as this week.
The 15-7 vote was expected, as senators from both
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FOR JOE MANCHIN, IT S NOT PERSONAL : The Democratic Senate has hit its first roadblock in its path to confirming President Joe Biden s nominees. But if you ask the West Virginia Democrat who seemed to have delivered the kiss of death to Neera Tanden, he professes no villainous intent toward his party. I m all about bipartisanship. I really am. I told her that: This is not personal at all, Manchin told our Burgess Everett and Marianne Levine about his “no” to the White House budget chief.