OLYMPIA – Former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords urged legislators to “be bold, be courageous” and require wider background checks on gun sales. Gun rights advocates urged them to protect constitutional rights and pass a competing initiative. But even before testimony began in the packed hearing room…
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers will rush from the House Floor to a nearby studio to give the rebuttal to tonight's State of the Union address by President Obama. But she won't have to listen carefully to his speech, take notes and write something new on…
OLYMPIA -- Spin Control is providing live coverage of the House Judiciary Committee hearing on Initiatives 591 and 594, two measures on gun control expected to be on the November ballot. Tweets by @jcamden
OLYMPIA -- The House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on the two gun control initiatives likely to go on the ballot later this year. Among the speakers supporting Initiative 594, which would expand background checks for most gun purchases, will be former Rep. Gabrielle…
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