Written with Jonathan Salant Sen. Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire says opponents “can’t bully me into changing my vote” on background checks for gun buyers. The opponents in this case, she says, are New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and President...
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Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., waves as she ends her speech at the 40th annual Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Md., on March 15, 2013.
Ayotte in Crossfire: ‘Can’t Bully Me’
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Members of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America wait to enter the office of Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) at Russell Senate Office Building on April 17, 2013 in Washington, DC. The group held a 'Stroller Jam' event to call on senators to vote to strengthen gun regulations.
Kelly Ayotte Gets Her Gun Ads
There may be no one senator spotlighted so intensely about her vote against background checks for gun-buyers as New Hampshire’s Kelly Ayotte. Fifty percent of New Hampshire voters surveyed by Public Policy Polling after the vote said they would be...
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Members of Newtown, Ct. clergy set up more than 3,300 grave markers on the Mall during a 24-hour vigil to support the gun violence legislation.
Senate’s Gun-Control Rebels: 16-2
What do Sens. Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire and Roger Wicker of Mississippi have in common? The same thing that Sens. Mark Pryor of Arkansas and Mark Begich of Alaska have in common. They bucked their parties today in allowing...
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Senators Susan Collins and Joe Lieberman hold a press conference on Capitol Hill.
Maine’s Susan Collins Hones Formula for Political Survival
Sen. Susan Collins of Maine is part of an endangered species: A New England Republican serving in Congress. There’s just two of them among the 33 Senate and House members representing the region’s six states — Collins and Sen. Kelly Ayotte...
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Senator John McCain flashes the thumb-up when asked by a reporter about how the meeting went outside the Jefferson Hotel following a dinner with President Barack Obama and a group of fellow Republican senators on March 6, 2013 in Washington.
Obama’s Republican Table: Thumbs Up — President Picks Up the Tab
Updated at 9 am EST, March 7 The food, at least, must have been good. The Republicans who dined with President Barack Obama tonight were holding thumbs up on their way out of the Jefferson Hotel this evening. Sen. John...
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Sen. John McCain, left, Sen. Charles Schumer, and Sen. Lindsey Graham during the State of the Union speech on Feb. 12, 2013 in Washington.
Ribbons Honoring Newtown Victims Have Bipartisan Appeal, Except for Republican Leaders
The green ribbons sported by many of those attending the State of the Union address – most obviouslyVice President Joe Biden, given his on-camera perch behind President Barack Obama – were designed to express solidarity with the victims of the elementary school massacre in Newtown, Connecticut....
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U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice, leaves the Capitol after meeting with members of the senate on Nov. 28, 2012 in Washington.
Rice Remains in Question: Collins ‘Very Troubled’ After Meeting
U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice was still on Capitol Hill today, still explaining her statements about the Sept. 11 Benghazi attack, and still not allaying Republican lawmakers’ doubts. Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine said she was “very troubled” after an...
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A Mitt Romney supporter in Brunswick, Ohio.
Romney’s Running Mate Named? — all 13 of them, on Twitter
They say people love to drop news on a Friday night. Bad news, generally. Or maybe a deflection from bad news. Word from the chief of Mitt Romney’s search for a running mate on a Friday night qualifies as big...
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