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Jan 03 2016
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Obama To Participate In Town Hall On Guns
President Barack Obama will sit down for a live one-hour town hall on guns hosted by CNN on Thursday. The event, titled "Guns in America," will air at 8 p.m. EST. It also falls a day before the fifth anniversary of the shooting of former Arizona Rep. Gabby Giffords (D) at a constituent meeting outside a supermarket in Tucson. According to CNN, the president will discuss gun violence and take
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Jan 05 2019
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Democrats to honor sad anniversary in introducing gun background checks bill on Tuesday
Tuesday is January 8, the eighth anniversary of the shooting that nearly killed then-Rep. Gabby Giffords and did kill six people. And on Tuesday, House Democrats are introducing H.R. 8, a bill to require universal background checks for gun sales.
Giffords will join Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Rep. Mike Thompson,, the head of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, in introducing the
Daily Kos
Dec 05 2015
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Obama meets with ex-Rep. Giffords on gun control
Continuing his push for gun control Friday, President Obama met with former Rep. Gabby Giffords and her husband at the White House to discuss executive actions to restrict gun ownership.
The White House said Mr. Obama, Ms. Giffords and husband Mark Kelly “discussed what more can be done to keep guns out of the hands of those who should not have them, including ongoing efforts by the
Washington Times
Jul 01 2022
Headline Roundup
White House Announces 17 Medal of Freedom Recipients
The White House announced 17 new recipients of the Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, on Friday.
The recipients include the late Sen. John McCain (R), Olympic gymnast Simone Biles, former House lawmaker Gabby Giffords (D), Gold Star father Khizr Khan, the late Apple founder Steve Jobs, and Sandra Lindsay, a nurse who was the first person to receive the first COVID-
Washington Times
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Associated Press
Apr 08 2021
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Biden announces slate of gun control actions, claims 'public health crisis'
President Biden on Thursday announced a set of executive actions and legislative proposals on gun control, saying that gun violence is "a public health crisis" and the administration's actions do not contravene Second Amendment rights.
The administration aims to "confront not just the gun crisis but what is actually a public health crisis," Biden said in his remarks in the Rose Garden
Fox News (Online News)
Jun 14 2012
News
Analysis: Arizona win 'an oasis in the desert' for Democrats
It's been a tough couple of weeks for the Democratic Party, especially the results in last week's Wisconsin governor recall vote. So Tuesday night's victory in the special election in Arizona's 8th Congressional District couldn't have come at a better time. For Democrats, "it's an oasis in the desert" says CNN chief political correspondent Candy Crowley. The race was to succeed former
CNN (Online News)
Aug 30 2016
News
A Democrat backs Republicans on gun control? It just happened.
Americans for Responsible Solutions, founded by former Rep. Gabby Giffords and her husband Mark Kelly after the Sandy Hook school shooting, backed Sens.Toomey and Kirk for their support of gun legislation. To some Democrats, it looks like a political stab in the back.
This week, a leading gun-control group that was founded by a former Democratic member of Congress endorsed two
Christian Science Monitor
Oct 09 2020
Analysis
Arizona used to be a conservative stronghold. Now it may go blue.
Two years ago, Yasser Sanchez was all in for Martha McSally. An influential leader in the Latino community, he took the Republican Senate candidate around to Spanish-language radio, television, and newspapers. He put up signs for her.
Now, he’s planning to vote for her opponent.
Senator McSally, Mr. Sanchez explains, is in lockstep with President Donald Trump – whom he vigorously
Christian Science Monitor