Menendez spokesperson responding to last night’s FBI raid: “Senator Menendez has traveled on Dr. Melgen’s plane on three occasions, all of which have been paid for and reported appropriately. Any allegations of engaging with prostitutes are manufactured by a politically motivated right-wing blog and are false.”
Giffords’ husband Mark Kelly breaks news of yet another workplace shooting during Senate hearing on gun violence. Watch.
David Vitter says Macro Rubio is “amazingly naive” in his support for immigration reform.
We’re monitoring reports out of Phoenix of a new workplace shooting. Local news reports describing a workplace shooting with multiple victims. Latest reports are of three wounded and no fatalities.
Gun rights law Prof struggles to answer Sen. Durbin’s question about why we shouldn’t just let people own machine guns. Watch.
The gist of the NRA argument about background checks is that because we’re not prosecuting everyone who tries to purchase a gun and fails a background check we should simply dispense with or not expand the background checks at all. So if we’re not prosecuting everyone who tries to purchase a gun we should stop preventing them from purchasing the gun. That’s completely crazy. Not to mention wildly disingenuous. Read More
At today’s Senate hearing, gun advocate Gayle Trotter made the argument for assault weapons by noting that a “scary-looking gun” is particularly important for women. Watch.
This morning’s headlines are unexpectedly brought to you by the Commerce Department, and at a glance they bring bad news. According to an advanced estimate by the Bureau of Economic Analysis, GDP actually decreased at a 0.1 percent annual rate in the fourth quarter of 2012, after having increased 3.1 percent in the previous quarter.
That’s not where you’d normally see your first indication of a new recession, but it’s an alarming number nonetheless. On closer inspection, though, the report is actually filled with good news. Read More
Powerful testimony from Gabby Giffords a few minutes ago before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Watch.