VP Biden Says He Needs Cops’ Help to Reinstate ‘Assault Weapons’ Ban and Much More
“We have to have a comprehensive way in which to respond to the mass murder of our children that we saw in Connecticut,” said Vice President Joe Biden today, meeting with the leaders of law enforcement organizations whom he said had been his “friends and… Read More »
EmailThe Benghazi Report and Parents of Children With Mental Illness: Today’s Qs for O’s WH, 12/20/12
TAPPER: Has the president read the Accountability Review Board report? CARNEY: I don’t know. I haven’t — I know he has been briefed on it. I don’t know if he’s read it word for word, but he’s a voracious reader, so he may have. TAPPPER:… Read More »
President Obama Prepares for Action Against Gun Violence
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Senior Administration Officials Tell Biz Leaders Boehner’s Plan B Could Lead Nation Off Fiscal Cliff
Senior Obama administration officials met with business leaders to argue that House Speaker John Boehner’s “Plan B” could put the nation on a path to go over the fiscal cliff, a source familiar with the meeting told ABC News this afternoon. The effort is just… Read More »
President Obama Urges GOP to ‘Take the Deal’ and Avoid Fiscal Cliff
With just 12 days until tax increases and steep spending cuts kick in, President Obama today urged Republicans to “peel off the partisan war paint” and compromise on a deal to avoid going over the “fiscal cliff.” Speaking at a White House news conference, Obama… Read More »
Where Have You Been on Gun Violence? Today’s Q for O – 12/19/12
TAPPER: It seems to a lot of observers that you made the political calculation in 2008, in your first term and in 2012 not to talk about gun violence. You had your position on renewing the ban on semiautomatic rifles that then Senator Biden put… Read More »
Obama Taps Biden for Post-Newtown Action Plan
President Obama has tasked Vice President Joe Biden with coordinating the administration’s response to the deadly massacre in Newtown, Conn., last week. Biden will oversee the formulation of new policies aimed at reducing gun violence and preventing mass-shootings like the one that took 26 lives… Read More »
Violent Videogames, Mental Health and Guns — Today’s Q’s for O’s WH — 12/18/12
TAPPER: The president’s close friend and adviser, David Axelrod, on Sunday evening, after the — watching the president’s speech, was watching a football game, and an ad came on for a violent video game. And he tweeted, shouldn’t we quit — he tweeted an expression… Read More »
White House Gets More Specific on Gun Control Measures the President Might Back
The White House today indicated President Obama would support legislation that would reinstate the ban on certain types of semi-automatic rifles – known as “the assault weapons ban” — and may support other efforts, such as a proposal to ban high-capacity magazines, in the wake… Read More »
Record-Breaking Petition Asks White House to Tackle Gun Control
In the wake of the school massacre in Newtown, Conn., record-setting numbers have signed online petitions urging that the federal government take action to halt gun violence. Shortly after the deadly shooting of 26 children and adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School, a man identified… Read More »
