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In advance of debate on tax reform and the federal budget, Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer is asking fellow Democrats to stay aloof from debate over gun control despite efforts by gun control advocates that the party needs to take action in the wake of the Las Vegas massacre. This comes despite urging from gun control groups for Democrats to take a stand in favor of controls on gun purchases, such as expanded background checks and bans on silencers.
This undated aerial photo provided by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service shows a herd of caribou on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in northeast Alaska. Congress is a step closer to opening Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas drilling.
Seven U.S. Senate Democrats, including Sen. Edward Markey, plan to call Tuesday for Republicans to remove language from a budget resolution allowing for drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. League of Conservation Voters Senior Vice President Tiernan Sittenfeld earlier this month said GOP budget proposals "include a huge giveaway to oil and gas companies by paving the way for drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, home to the Gwich'in people and iconic wildlife."
I love these "Republican identity crisis" polls, especially when it's not clear which wing of the party is suffering an identity crisis. Case in point: That Cato poll from a few days ago about GOPers wanting to strip flag-burners of their citizenship horrified conservatarians like me.
The award is g... -- Legendary NFL coach Mike Ditka is walking back claims he made Monday that "there has been no oppression in the last hundred years."
NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE , Huron, S.D. October 5, 2017 - U.S. Department of Agriculture officials announce October 20, 2017 as the batching date for applications for the popular Environmental Quality Incentives Program administered by the USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service . Landowners seeking to address natural resource concerns on their property are encouraged to apply for participation in the USDA's EQIP.
This year, USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service plans to invest $250 million in technical and financial assistance to help private landowners, tribes, land trusts and other groups protect critical wetlands, agricultural lands and grasslands. The Agricultural Conservation Easement Program focuses on restoring and protecting wetlands as well as conserving productive agricultural lands and grasslands.
A bipartisan pair of House members has introduced a ban on the bump stock devices used to speed up the rate of fire of semi-automatic weapons - an accessory used by the Las Vegas shooter last week. The bill, from Reps.
If you strip away legal protections for rights valued by millions of Americans, you're just going to make them angry to no good end. It's always been true, as gun restrictionists have repeatedly promised, that " nobody's going to take your guns away ."
NRA Spokesperson Dana Loesch slammed members of Saturday Night Live who called for stricter gun control and accused them of inciting class warfare, Monday on "Fox and Friends." "They have the luxury of being able to tell everyone else to disarm because it's class warfare," Loesch said.
Seeking momentum for gun restrictions, Sen. Dianne Feinstein on Sunday said only broader legislation would be effective in outlawing "bump stocks" such as the the device used by the Las Vegas gunman. But the National Rifle Association urged more limited regulations that stopped short of a ban.
The Trump administration has quietly withdrawn dozens of pending actions to protect endangered species ranging from the green sea turtle to plants in the Florida Everglades, something conservationists say may violate federal law requiring the government to act. The pending rules were mostly withdrawn in March and April.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a leading gun control advocate, said Sunday no law could have stopped the Las Vegas gunman, Stephen Paddock. "No, he passed background checks registering for handguns and other weapons on multiple occasions," Feinstein told CBS's "Face the Nation."
The Las Vegas shooter was certainly well armed, but not well regulated. The massive firepower he accumulated in his Mandalay Bay hotel suite included over twenty rifles and other guns.
The National Rifle Association is opposing a ban on "bump stocks" like the device used by the Las Vegas gunman to turn semi-automatic weapons into rapid-fire guns, stressing its support for more limited regulations. The powerful lobby last week surprised many gun control advocates by embracing possible restrictions on the bump stock devices in the wake of the shootings that killed more than 50 people and injured 500, prompting bipartisan support in Congress for regulating or banning bump stocks.
Texas Agricultural Commissioner Sid Miller is considering what a reader regards as drastic measures to reduce the feral hog population in the state. He says the measures are not necessary.
The debate over bump stocks on guns heated up in Washington and across the country this week, after a gunman used the device to open fire on thousands of concert goers on the Las Vegas strip last Sunday, killing 58 people and leaving hundreds of other injured. A bump stock is a device that can be used to simulate automatic gunfire with a semi-automatic weapon, by harnessing a semi-automatic rifle's recoil to increase its rate of fire.
On Thursday Tony Hernandez Armenta, an employee at Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas, posted a room receipt that shows killer Stephen Paddock was with a guest at the hotel four days before the massacre. Source: @FBI is coercing employees @MandalayBay to admit they didn't see things they did see https://t.co/4B9kiX7RQJ The gunman who killed 58 people here Sunday appears to have gone out to the desert to practice shooting two days before the massacre, according to a law-enforcement official familiar with the investigation.
The National Rifle Association and other gun rights groups spent millions of dollars on the 2016 elections - primarily to elect President Donald Trump and six Republican senators in battleground states. Largely because South Carolina is controlled by Republicans who rarely face competitive races, and because gun control efforts largely are stymied even at the Statehouse level, the gun lobby sees little need to heavily invest in South Carolina elections.