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Oct 23 2012
Candidate Stances
Obama on Gun Legislation
Has not pushed for stricter gun laws as president. Signed laws letting people carry concealed weapons in national parks and in checked bags on Amtrak trains. Favors "robust steps, within existing law" to address gun issues, White House says. Voices support for renewed ban on assault-type weapons but has not tried to get that done. Previously backed stronger gun controls.
Wall Street Journal (News)
Sep 17 2016
News
Prayer and politics in Congress
Sen. Christopher Coons doesn’t get much sleep. Unlike most senators, the lawmaker from Delaware commutes to the capital via Amtrak, often returning home late at night to his wife, three kids, and two dogs.
On Wednesdays, though, the Democrat gets up extra early, at 5:30 a.m., so he can catch the train from Wilmington to Washington, arriving about 8:20. If he walks straight to the
Christian Science Monitor
Sep 13 2019
News
Biden bear-hugged Obama. His foes couldn’t pry him loose.
The former VP got one big thing right on the debate stage. And that may be all that mattered.
Historically, when a former vice president runs for a promotion to the top job, he struggles with the legacy of his former boss. George H. W. Bush was caricatured as a wimp as he tried to step out of Ronald Reagan’s shadow. Al Gore was paralyzed as he tried to embrace Bill Clinton’s popular
Politico
Dec 30 2020
Analysis
Destination 2021: What we’ll do differently next year
As 2020 shudders to an end, many of us will be eager to move on, hoping that 2021 shows a path out of a pandemic that has upended our way of life. In that spirit, we asked Monitor writers and editors, near and far, to reflect on what COVID-19 has taken away and what, paradoxically, it has given us. It’s a journey into what we yearn to experience again and what we have come to appreciate most,
Christian Science Monitor
Oct 24 2020
Analysis
White working class is shrinking. It still may decide 2020 election.
Almost every morning, half a dozen men meet for coffee at Max’s Deli, a diner that shares a wall with an auto supply shop, to talk politics. Some live “up the line” or “down the line” – a reference to the historic Scranton railway – but all have lived in the area their entire lives. And come Nov. 3, all are planning to vote for President Donald Trump.
“I’ve never really been political
Christian Science Monitor
Oct 04 2019
News
The Hunter Biden story is a troubling tale of privilege
For all his barking and hucksterism, Rudy Giuliani is having limited success drawing the gullible into his sideshow tent. But the fact that Giuliani’s spectacle involving the Biden family is as phony as a horse that does arithmetic does not mean there is no story worth examining. The real story of Joe Biden and his troubled son Hunter is full of pain and littered with questions and deeply
Guest Writer - Left
Apr 21 2022
Perspectives Blog
Debate Over National Mask Mandates Returns
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A federal judge overturned the federal mask mandate for airplanes and public transportation this week, and the Biden administration is seeking an appeal. A U.S. district judge in Florida ruled that the CDC exceeded its legal authority and
AllSides Staff
Aug 31 2021
Perspectives Blog
How the $1.2T Infrastructure Bill Will Impact You
From the CenterThis view is from an author rated as Center.
If it becomes law, the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill recently approved by the Senate will have a vast impact on virtually all American communities.
The bill’s key allocations are as follows: $550 billion for traditional infrastructure like roads and water supply networks; $105 billion for public transit
Henry A. Brechter