Via Evan McMorris-Santoro:

The National Rifle Association distanced itself Tuesday from a comment made by a lobbyist for one of its “chartered organizations” in Wisconsin, who said recently that gun rights proponents need only to wait out the “Connecticut Effect” before passing laws loosening restrictions on guns.

More here.

If you’re watching the live feed of the Senate Armed Services Committee’s Hagel vote right now, I get the sense that Sen. Vitter (R-LA) was pushing Sen. Levin (D-MI) to an extremely uncharacteristic STFU moment.

Reid says he won’t honor any ‘holds’ on Hagel’s nomination for Secretary of Defense.

All 22 votes against the Violence Against Women act reauthorization act were Republican and men.