Joe Manchin III

How could 31 Senators vote against debating expanded background checks?

2013-04-11 10:41:00

How could it be that even a single U.S. senator — no matter how opposed to gun control — could vote to hold up consideration of a proposal to require background checks for gun purchases? This is an idea not only embraced by something in the...

Newtown tragedy brings bipartisanship back to Congress

2013-04-12 00:00:00

They started out with a lot in common -- Joe Manchin and Patrick Toomey. Sure, one's a Democrat and one's a Republican, but they're both conservatives, both longtime gun owners and both sport an "A" rating from the National Rifle Association. But now...

Too many people who should not have guns do

2012-12-23 04:00:00

On the day after the recent massacre at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn., police in Newport Beach, Calif., took a man into custody for allegedly firing more than 50 rounds from a semi-automatic handgun in the parking lot of a shopping mall. He aimed...

What does the NRA say now?

2012-12-17 08:19:00

The rifle Adam Lanza used to kill 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School is a descendant of the military's M-16 rifle. The bullets it fires are not as large as those used in some other rifles, but the gun's high muzzle velocity makes...

Senators seek more Sandy relief

2012-11-13 13:58:34

O'Malley did his job — on and off stage

2012-09-05 13:41:29

Gov. Martin O'Malley did his job Tuesday night in Charlotte. He fired up the party faithful with a call and response: "Forward, Not Back." He hit the Republican nominee hard on his Swiss bank accounts — reinforcing a campaign message that Mitt...

Cardin, Mikulski urge Obama to speed withdrawal from Afghanistan

2012-03-07 14:55:00

Sens. Benjamin L. Cardin and Barbara A. Mikulski urged President Barack Obama on Wednesday�to speed the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Afghanistan. The Maryland Democrats joined a group of 24 senators in declaring the mission in Afghanistan...

O'Malley chosen to lead Democratic governors

2010-12-10 07:17:00

Martin O'Malley was selected by his peers Wednesday to chair the Democratic Governors Association, a platform from which he says he will build the party and promote candidates who will invest in education and infrastructure. "Our agenda is one of...

Biden Promotes White House Campaign For Stricter Federal Gun Laws

2013-06-18 16:51:00

Vice President Joseph Biden re-launched an Obama administration campaign to overhaul federal gun laws in a White House address Tuesday, delivered the week after Newtown families traveled to Washington to push a similar agenda. Biden announced progress...

Politics as Usual

2013-06-15 17:57:01

Toomey reaffirms background check support Six months after the Sandy Hook murders of 20 children and six adults, U.S. Sen.�Pat Toomey, R-Pa., reaffirmed his support for expanding�background checks�on firearms sales, and said he hopes the�Senate�can...

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2013-06-13 07:07:00

On the eve of the six-month anniversary of the Sandy Hook murders, Pennsylvania Republican Sen. Pat Toomey issued a statement reaffirming his support for expanding background checks on firearms sales and said he hopes the Senate can find the votes to make...

Senate rejects move to tie immigration overhaul to border security

2013-06-13 21:05:00

WASHINGTON — In the first and only vote Thursday on the immigration bill, senators turned back a Republican measure that would have delayed a path to citizenship for those in the country illegally until after the border with Mexico is fully secure....

U.S. Joe Manchin (D-WV) speaks to members of the media after a vote on the Senate floor April 17, 2013 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The Senate has defeated a bipartisan proposal by Manchin and Sen.

2013-04-19 15:58:00

Sen. Mark Kirk, with Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) celebrates his climb up steps of the U.S. Capitol as he returns to work, a year after suffering a stroke.

2013-01-03 00:00:00

Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill center, Vice President Joe Biden, left, and Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va right, were seen on the steps of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., before the 113th Congress convened Thursday.

2013-01-03 00:00:00