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Inside Politics Archive: May 2013

• Public doubts immigration overhaul will strengthen border: Poll

  A new poll finds that support for comprehensive immigration has dipped ever so slightly and that the vast majority of voters don't think the border will be secured if Congress passes an immigration fix. Published May 7 2013

• Sen. Joe Manchin: Expanded background gun checks can pass Senate

  Sen. Joe Manchin said Tuesday that the Senate could agree on a plan to expand background checks on commercial gun sales. Published May 7 2013

• Sen. Robert Casey pushes curbs on high-capacity ammo magazines

  Sen. Robert P. Casey Jr. said Monday that Congress should take another shot at a proposal to expand background checks on gun purchasers and also should push harder to limit the size of high-capacity ammunition magazines. Published May 6 2013

• Sen. Ted Cruz slams Internet sales tax bill

  Freshman Sen. Ted Cruz, emerging as a leading voice of Capitol Hill conservatives, said Monday that it is "incomprehensible" that the Senate is close to passing a bill that would require booming Internet retailers to collect state sales taxes, warning that the move will kill jobs and hurt the economy. Published May 6 2013

• South Carolina race 'too close to call': Poll

  A new poll shows that the race to fill the open seat in South Carolina's 1st Congressional District is "too close to call." Published May 6 2013

• Obama golfs with two GOP senators

  President Obama hit the links Monday morning with two Republican senators who have said they are interested in striking a bipartisan, long-term budget deal. Published May 6 2013

• Fla. Sen. Nelson seeks state legislative session to expand Medicaid under 'Obamacare'

  Sen. Bill Nelson on Monday urged Florida Gov. Rick Scott to call a special legislative session in Tallahassee so up to one million state residents might still gain insurance under President Obama's health care law. Published May 6 2013

• Lindsey Graham: 'Dam is about to break' on Benghazi

  Sen. Lindsey Graham said that the testimony this week from a former top U.S. diplomat in Libya will "completely and fully" contradict the Obama administration's explanation of how events unfolded in the Benghazi attacks that led to the deaths of four Americans. Published May 6 2013

• NRA 'out of touch' on gun-control measures, Conn. Sen. Richard Blumenthal says

  Sen. Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut Democrat, said Monday that the National Rifle Association's push back against expanded background checks for gun purchasers shows that the group is "out of touch" with the overwhelming majority of Americans and most of the group's gun-toting members. Published May 6 2013

• Reid calls Cruz 'schoolyard bully'

  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Monday called fellow Sen. Ted Cruz the "schoolyard bully" after they sparred over how to proceed on the budget. Published May 6 2013

• Kentucky Derby longshot horse carries Big Oil banner

  He's the Sierra Club's least favorite horse in this weekend's Kentucky Derby. Published May 3 2013

• GOP Rep.'s 'Obama Failometer Score' soars for May

  Rep. Steve Stockman's 10-foot-long "Failometer" for President Obama may be physically gone, but it's not forgotten. Published May 3 2013

• First lady Michelle Obama to headline fundraiser for Rep. Ed Markey

  First lady Michelle Obama will headline a fundraiser later this month at the Taj Boston for Rep. Ed Markey, Massachusetts Democrat, who is running in a special election against Republican businessman and former Navy SEAL Gabriel Gomez to fill the U.S. Senate seat of Secretary of State John Kerry. Published May 3 2013

• FDA to probe use of caffeine in food products

  The Food and Drug Administration announced Friday said it will investigate whether it is safe for food manufacturers to add caffeine to their products. Published May 3 2013

• Rudy Giuliani: 3 new suspects 'probably' could have saved MIT officer's life

  Former New York Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani said Thursday that had the three new suspects tied to the Boston Marathon bombing case come forward earlier, they "probably" could have saved the life of Officer Brian Collier, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology policeman who officials say was killed by one of the two bombing suspects. Published May 2 2013

• Hillary Clinton lapping Democratic field for 2016: Poll

  Poll numbers released Thursday show that if former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton wants the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination, it's likely to be hers at this point. Published May 2 2013

• Republicans say U.S. headed toward ‘armed revolution’: Poll

  A survey of Republicans found nearly half agreed that "an armed revolution in order to protect liberties might be necessary in the next few years." Published May 2 2013

• Attorney who fought contraception limits hits Obama administration's tactics

  One of the attorneys who successfully sued to make a type of emergency contraception available without age restrictions is crying foul over the Obama administration's 11th-hour decision to appeal the ruling. Published May 2 2013

• Hustler's Larry Flynt endorses former Gov. Mark Sanford

  South Carolina's former Gov. Mark Sanford — who's political star fell with an adulterous affair that led to his divorce — has received a new endorsement in his run for Congress: It's from Hustler magazine guru Larry Flynt. Published May 1 2013

• Pa. Gov. Tom Corbett slammed for 'drug test' jobless claim

  Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett, already lagging in the polls, is taking heat for his claim that the state's unemployment rate remains higher than the national average in part because too many of his constituents are on drugs. Published May 1 2013