Connecticut School Shooting Sparks Assault Weapons Ban Talk
Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call(WASHINGTON) — The elementary school shooting in Newtown, Conn., has opened the subject of gun control and the Second Amendment in the United States.That debate took center stage on Sunday, when California Sen. Dianne Feinstein …
FBI Chief Briefs Select Lawmakers on Petraeus Events
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — FBI Director Robert Mueller had a 90-minute closed-door meeting on Wednesday with Rep. Mike Rogers, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, to brief the lawmaker on the events that led to the resig…
Feinstein’s Blaming White House for National Security Leaks Emerges as Campaign Issue
Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call(WASHINGTON) — In remarks at the World Affairs Council, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., the chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, expressed concern Monday about leaks of national security information coming, she’s conclud…
Sen. Feinstein: ‘Bad Time’ to Press Gun Control
Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call(NEW YORK) — Sen. Dianne Feinstein, one of more outspoken gun-control advocates in Congress, said on Sunday that both Mitt Romney and President Obama should give the gun control issue a lot of “consideration,” but sa…
Congressional Intel Chairs Say Taliban Is ‘Stronger’
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — As 10,000 U.S. troops prepare to leave Afghanistan over the next six months, two top lawmakers on the House and Senate Intelligence Committee, just back from a trip to the region, said they are concerned that the T…