Lawmakers call on White House to back renewal of ban on assault weapons
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Lawmakers in the Senate warned that the likely demise next week of a 10-year-old federal ban on semi-automatic assault guns will lead to a flood of such weapons on the streets of cities across the United States.
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A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday pushed for new rules to stop American companies from buying illegally logged timber plundered from fragile forests around the world.
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The Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday responded to the deadliest shooting rampage in modern American history by  passing legislation to help keep guns out of hands of the mentally ill.
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John Kerry linked U.S. assault weapon sales to worries about terrorism Friday and said President Bush was bowing to the National Rifle Association by not pushing to keep alive an expiring ban.
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ST. LOUIS  - Democratic presidential candidate  John Kerry said on Friday President Bush's failure to fight for  a renewal of a ban on assault weapons would make it easier for  groups like al Qaeda to get the lethal guns.
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A campaign by more than 200 U.S. mayors to repeal an amendment they say makes it harder for police to trace illegal firearms between states was dealt a setback in Congress on Thursday.
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Sen. John Kerry accused President Bush yesterday of being beholden to the National Rifle Association and the gun lobby because he hasn&#39;t pressed Congress to extend the 10-year-old assault-weapons ban that expires Monday.
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President lobbied hard Thursday for renewal of Protect America Act, which expires Feb. 16.
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Two weeks after the Republican leadership in Congress allowed the federal assault weapons ban to expire, the House voted overwhelmingly yesterday to repeal the District
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President Bush, cheered on by Iraq war veterans and their families on the White House's South Lawn, urged lawmakers Tuesday to back his plan to withdraw some troops from Iraq but keep at least 130,000 through next summer or longer.
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President Bush will veto the defense authorization bill because of Iraq's concerns that the legislation could hinder redevelopment efforts by freezing the country's assets while courts deal with claims from victims of Saddam Hussein suing Iraq under U.S. law, the White House announced today.
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With the federal ban on assault weapons set to expire next Monday, gun manufacturers are marketing military-style firearms and are ready to sell them as soon as Sept. 14, a consumer group said Tuesday.
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Attorney General nominee Alberto Gonzales told the Senate on Tuesday that he supports extending the expired federal assault weapons ban.
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With its battle to kill the decade-long U.S. ban on assault weapons won, the National Rifle Association is now setting its sights on the Nov. 2 presidential and congressional elections.
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Spurred by the deadliest shooting rampage in modern U.S. history, the Democratic-led House of Representatives is expected to approve a bill to keep guns out of the hands of the mentally ill, lawmakers said on Tuesday.
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The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday moved to block President George W. Bush from developing a new generation of atomic warheads, as Democratic and Republican opponents said the administration had not developed an adequate post-Cold War nuclear strategy.
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Despite popular support, the federal law banning the sale of 19 kinds of semiautomatic assault weapons is almost certain to expire on Monday.