Kelly Ayotte

Senate Republican says she'll back immigration bill

2013-06-09 18:58:00

WASHINGTON — Conservative Republican Sen. Kelly Ayotte announced her support Sunday for the Senate's bipartisan immigration overhaul, lending momentum to the comprehensive measure. "Our immigration system is completely broken," the New Hampshire...

Republican Kelly Ayotte backs Senate immigration reform bill

2013-06-09 13:18:00

WASHINGTON—Sen. Kelly Ayotte, a conservative Republican, announced her support Sunday for a bipartisan immigration overhaul plan, lending momentum to the comprehensive measure being debated in the Senate. “Our immigration system is...

Saturday TV Highlights and Weekend Talk: 'Premium Rush' on Starz

2013-06-07 16:19:00

Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of June 9 - 15, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies � � -------------------- SERIES In the Flesh This three-part tale about...

Senate Democrat defends background check vote in first ad

2013-05-31 08:18:00

WASHINGTON -- As some Democrats argue that the politics of the gun issue have changed, the first ad run by one of the party's senators highlights his vote against expanded background checks for gun purchases. The message from Arkansas Sen. Mark Pryor...

Democrat airs ad touting opposition to gun control bill

2013-05-31 17:02:00

WASHINGTON — Even as some Democrats argue that the politics of the gun issue have swung in favor of gun control advocates, the first ad on the topic run by one of the party's senators highlights his vote against expanded background checks for gun...

Mayors Against Illegal Guns targets first Democrat

2013-05-24 14:02:00

The Michael Bloomberg-backed group Mayors Against Illegal Guns is following up on its promise to hound Senate Democrats who voted against gun control legislation in April. In an ad that launched Friday, Sen. Mark Pryor (D-Ark.) is implored by a...

Apple CEO Tim Cook to senators: 'We don't depend on tax gimmicks' [video chat]

2013-05-21 14:00:00

WASHINGTON -- Apple CEO Tim Cook defended the company's tax avoidance strategies in an appearance Tuesday before the U.S. Senate’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations.� Wearing a business suit, white shirt and powder blue tie, Cook read an...

McCain again calls for special congressional panel on Benghazi

2013-05-12 11:27:00

WASHINGTON — Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) pressed Sunday for a special congressional committee to investigate the deadly attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, last year, insisting that questions about former Secretary of State...

Gun control backers turn up heat on selected senators

2013-05-13 03:00:00

WASHINGTON — First came the letter-writing campaigns, then the protests at town hall meetings and now the television ads. The last several weeks in New Hampshire have had the feel of a heated electoral season — but the target of this siege,...

Saturday's TV Highlights and Weekend Talk Shows: 'The Confession'

2013-05-10 13:30:00

Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of May 12 - 18, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies � � -------------------- SERIES Orphan Black Paul (Dylan Bruce)...

McManus: Sadder but wiser pols

2013-03-13 00:00:00

President Obama took a posse of Republican senators to dinner last week, and this week he's giving Congress the unusual courtesy of no fewer than four presidential visits to Capitol Hill. Can a flurry of presidential schmoozing change Washington from...

Hoping to break the stalemate, Obama takes GOP senators to dinner

2013-03-07 05:00:00

President Obama had a dinner date Wednesday night with a dozen of his worst enemies, thus proving that the governmental stalemate in Washington, D.C., is driving him to unusual acts of political creativity -- or desperation.� The president personally...

Senator Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) watches speakers on the final day of the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla.

2012-08-30 00:00:00