By Mark Mix
Home day care providers would be forced into unions
New York lawmakers agreed to pass the toughest gun control law in the nation and the first since the Newtown, Conn., school shooting, and now dare other states and Washington to follow.
The effort to legalize gay marriage in New York is getting an all-out lobbying effort from Democrats and celebrities, but there's still no sign of wavering among a critical bloc of Senate Republicans who led the defeat of the measure and blunted national momentum two years ago.
"I have had thousands of emails and calls," Libous said. "I have to respect their wishes."
N.Y. seals 1st state gun laws since Newtown, Conn., massacre →
Senate Deputy Majority Leader Thomas Libous of Broome County voted against the bill and said it was a tough vote for upstate Republicans.
N.Y. seals 1st state gun laws since Newtown, Conn., massacre →
