Richard Blumenthal

Gun-control plan several votes short in Senate

2013-04-16 15:03:00

WASHINGTON -- A Senate plan to expand the background-check requirement for gun purchases faced a narrowing path to success Tuesday, as advocates for stricter laws sought to scrape together the last few votes they need from among a dwindling number of...

Senate votes to overcome filibuster of gun bill

2013-04-11 08:46:00

WASHINGTON – The Senate crossed the first of many hurdles Thursday in the drive to pass new gun legislation, with a bipartisan vote to begin what could be weeks of debate on the issue. By a 68-31 margin, senators moved to open formal consideration...

Senate moves to begin debate on gun measures

2013-04-09 13:30:00

WASHINGTON -- The Senate may begin voting as soon as Thursday on legislation intended to reduce gun violence, after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) decided Tuesday to initiate the procedural steps required to overcome a threatened filibuster by...

Saturday's TV Highlights: 'Hope Springs' on Starz

2013-03-29 14:54:00

Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of March 31 - April 5, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies � � -------------------- SERIES Doctor Who The Doctor (Matt...

New Senate gun measure unveiled, and this one's bipartisan

2013-03-04 16:24:00

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of senators unveiled a new measure Monday to combat illegal gun trafficking, a sign of momentum for one element of President Obama’s initiative to reduce gun violence. The primary focus of the bill is to combat...

Body matching suspected Phoenix office gunman is found

2013-01-31 10:10:00

A body matching the description of a man suspected in a fatal office shooting in Phoenix was discovered Thursday morning in a suburb east of the city, police said. About 8 a.m., Mesa police officers found a man who had apparently died of a self-...

Lawmakers seek to honor Mark Twain

2011-12-07 16:36:45

Google's Eric Schmidt denies 'cooking' search results

2011-09-21 16:35:03

The Morning Fix: Google grilled. Zooey shines. Oscar party over.

2011-09-22 16:33:33

Kardashian Kard pulled amid complaints of "egregious fees"

2010-11-30 16:33:35

Connecticut politicians are upset that Husky game is on cable TV

2011-03-17 16:33:05

Weekend Talk Shows

2011-04-22 16:36:03

From left: U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal; Rosemary Padin, development director of Interval House; Christine Paluf and her husband, the honorary chairman, Dr. William Petit at the annual fundraising gala for The Interval House at The Society Room in Hartford on Saturday.

2013-03-16 00:00:00

Hartford, CT 2-4-2004 Sen. Joseph Lieberman spoke to friends and supporters in a room on the second floor of Hartford City Hall. In his speech Lieberman thanked the people of Connecticut for their support and apologized for missing a few votes in his quest for the presidency.

2012-12-17 04:49:23

Sen. Richard Blumenthal and U.S. Rep. Chris Murphy (Senate-elect) walk together toward the Sandy Hook Fire Department near the scene where 28 people were shot and killed in a shooting Friday morning at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown.

2012-12-14 00:00:00