The bill was intended to be a blueprint for gun legislation in the future, however with the search provision included, the bill has very little chance of passing.
Americans remain mostly negative when it comes to their assessment of the direction of the country despite giving President Obama relatively positive job approval ratings.
In the eyes of the college, Sweet clearly created a hostile environment for students, since many feared their grades would be affected if they did not sign the pledge.
Russia has insisted that it is within its rights to keep arming the regime as there are no UN resolutions prohibiting this.
Apparently, though, the one hand in Obama’s White House doesn’t know what the other is doing. Because even as “stimulus Obama” talks about putting more money in people’s pockets, “green-energy Obama” is demanding that Congress un-stimulate the economy by burdening Americans with the large upfront costs.
Every nation seems to understand what our baby boomers were never taught. A trade balance is a measure of national power that reliably identifies rising and falling nations.
China’s interest is driven by concerns about energy security as it seeks to fuel its booming economy. It wants a place to anchor pipelines to secure oil and gas supplies from the Gulf.
Branstad’s comments are significant not only because he is the governor of the state that kicks off the presidential nomination process with its first-in-the-nation caucuses, but also because Branstad is a politician who has traditionally had good ties to the Republican establishment.
Politico reported Johanns lately had grown frustrated at the ongoing stalemate in Congress – and the inability of the elected members to solve major national problems.
While there are proposals to ban assault weapons, outlaw certain types of armor-piercing bullets, restrict the number of rounds in magazines for some guns, and end online ammunition sales, Obama and leading anti-gun violence proponents on Capitol Hill have not proposed background checks for ammunition, or restricting the amount of sales.