Month: March 2021

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Today, the House Committee passed a Substitute for House Bill 2089 to empower the state Board of Education to make gun safety education available to K-12 students. It will now go to the House floor for further consideration. Please contact your state representative and ask them to SUPPORT Substitute House Bill 2089. Substitute House Bill
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Jason Ouimet, executive director of the National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action, released the following statement Thursday after the House passed gun control bills HR 8 and HR 1446: “These bills are a transparent attempt by gun control advocates in Congress to restrict the rights of law-abiding Americans under the guise of addressing the
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On March 10th, the House State and Local Government Committee voted 9-5 to issue a favorable report to House Bill 89 to amend Ohio’s “duty to inform” law. It will now go to the House floor for further consideration. House Bill 89 removes the requirement that a concealed handgun licensee notify a law enforcement officer
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The noose is tightening on New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo who is under police investigation and looking at possible impeachment. Matthew Cavanaugh / Getty News Here’s your daily roundup of all the latest local and national news. (Like our coverage? Please consider making a recurring contribution to the Mercury to keep it comin’!) IN LOCAL
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WASHINGTON, DC (March 12, 2021) — Yesterday, the House of Representatives voted to pass HR 8 and HR 1446, two reprehensible, FPC-opposed bills designed to suppress human liberty and criminalize non-violent conduct. The members who supported these bills—who are made of the same despicable fabric as the tyrants that led to our nation’s great revolt—voted
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FAIRFAX, Va. – Jason Ouimet, executive director of the National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action, released the following statement Thursday after the House passed gun control bills HR 8 and HR 1446: “These bills are a transparent attempt by gun control advocates in Congress to restrict the rights of law-abiding Americans under the guise
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With Daniel Lippman HOW DO YOU PUT ON A VIRTUAL FLY-IN?: When the world shut down a year ago this week due to the mushrooming coronavirus outbreak, K Street and many of the nation’s trade organizations were forced to make adjustments on the fly like every other industry, and that included making changes to a
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Yesterday, the House Criminal Justice Committee advanced House Bill 786. It now goes to a House Finance Subcommittee for further consideration. In addition, the Senate Finance Committee will hear Senate Bill 765 on Tuesday, March 16th. Please contact committee members and ask them to SUPPORT House Bill 786 / Senate Bill 765. House Bill 786
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One Democratic House lawmaker joined nearly all Republicans in voting against a bill that would expand background checks on guns in the latest gun-control bill pushed by House Democrats and the White House. The bill, called the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2021, passed 227–203, receiving eight Republican votes. Five Republicans co-sponsored the bill along
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Merrick Garland in 2016. (Senate Democrats/Creative Commons) The U.S. Senate has confirmed Merrick Garland as attorney general, by a vote of 70-30. Alaska’s senators were divided: Lisa Murkowski voted yes while Dan Sullivan voted no. Sullivan’s press secretary said the senator had concerns about Garland’s views on the Second Amendment. At his confirmation hearing last