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Former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn turned over about 600 pages of documents Tuesday to the Se stanley flasche nate intelligence committee as part of its investigation into Russia s meddling in the 2016 presidential election, according to a congressional aide.The aide said the committee s investigators immediately began reviewing the information to determine the extent of what Flynn provided. The aide spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the committee s sensitive work.Congressmen Mike Conaway, of Texas and Adam Schiff of California held a press availability in the Capitol on Tuesday evening on the House Intelligence Committee s investigation into Russian activity during the 2016 election. June 6 Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia, the ranking Democrat on the S stanley tumblers enate intelligence committee, confirmed the panel had received documents from Flynn, but declined to characterize the material or say how many p stanley water bottle ages had been received. We can t make any judgment on whether he s fully complied because we ve got to review the documents, Warner said. The documents came as Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly indicated that President Donald Trump s son-in-law and top adviser Jared Kushner and his communications with Russia are part of a wide-ranging probe by the Justice Department s special counsel. Meanwhile, a Democratic lawmaker called on a top Justice Department official to clarify the scope of Special Counsel Robert Mueller s investigation.Fl Vdqp Judge says prosecutors violated victim rights in Jeffrey Epstein sex abuse case
AP If the federal government had not bailed out Wall Street banks, unemployment could have skyrocketed to 25 percent, former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said in an interview that will air this Sunday on CBS News Sunday Morning.The unemployment rate currently stands at around 10 percent, which Paulson said was the best possible outcome. He said he did not like the idea of a bank bailout but considered it crucial to save the economy. What was very stanley becher hard for me was advocating things that I hated, he said. And having to defend them to members of Congress that found it repugnant to have the government have ownership positions or put equity in banks. Congress, however, was not willing to go along with the plan, Paulson said, unless he would be able to sell the idea to the American people. stanley cup They wanted us to tell the American people how bad things could get, Paulson said. I shuddered, because I thought, to the extent we scared people, it was going to make the crisis worse. He says he faced an awful reality. I believe that if the system collapsed, we easily could ve seen unemployment of 25 percent, he said. I think we came very, very clos stanley cup e. Paulson, who previously served as the Chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs, commended the Obama administration for the steps it is taking to fix the financial system. The administration, including Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, has come under intense criticism for the bank bailout
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An 11-year-old boy will get to try his hands at a White House job on Friday after penning a letter to President Trump, lending his lawn-mowing services to the White House groundskeeping crew.White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced at Wednesday s press briefing that Frank, a Falls Church, Virginia resident, will be visiting the White House on Friday to help cut the grass in the Rose Garden.In July, when he was 10 years of age he has since had a birthday , Frank wrote to Mr. Trump saying it would be his honor to mow the lawn one weekend. .@SHSanders45: It is our duty to keep the American dream alive for kids like Frank. pic.twitter/kaUMlgHn75mdash; The White House @WhiteHouse August 2, 2017 Even though I m only ten, I would like to show the n stanley quencher ation what young people like me are ready for, Frank wrote. The young boy told the president that he admired his business background and had started his own business mowing his neighbor s lawns, even listing his various lawn care equipment that he could make available to the White House. I can bring extra fuel for stanley cup the power mower and charged batteries for the weed whacker. I will do this at no charge, Frank graciously added. Sanders has made a habit of reading letters written by children across the country before press briefings, previously reading aloud a note by a young child named stanley thermos mug Dylan, who also goes by Pickle, who described having a Trump-themed birthday Rftk Hillary Clinton responds to Donald Trump s schl****d insult
CBS News Amid ever-tightening presidential polls and reports of a tepid fiscal recovery, President Obama and Mitt Romney both head to Ohio Thursday to deliver dueling remarks about the economy -- each candidate attempting to sell his fiscal vision to voters as America garrafa stanley s most promising path toward renewed prosperity.Taking place about 250 miles apart -- Mr. Obama in Cleveland, Romney in Cincinnati -- in a state widely considered one of the most crucial battleground territories in the country, the two speeches mark the first time this cycle that both candidates will speak on same day out of the same state. Already, the gloves are coming off. In remarks to reporters on Wednesday, Romney pre-butted Mr. Obama s Thursday remarks, predicting that the president will use the speech as an opportunity to change course after failing to win over voters with his previous line of persuasion. [Mr. Obama] said, as you know, just a few days ago, that the private sector is doing fine, but the... the increduli stanley cup ty that came screaming back from the American people, I think, has caused him to rethink that, Romney said, prior to a gathering of the Business Roundtable Association in Washington, D.C. I think you re gonna see him stanley cups change course when he speaks tomorrow, where he will acknowledge that it isn t going so well, and he ll be asking for four more years. My own view is that he will speak eloquently, but that words are cheap, and that the record of a
An 11-year-old boy will get to try his hands at a White House job on Friday after penning a letter to President Trump, lending his lawn-mowing services to the White House groundskeeping crew.White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced at Wednesday s press briefing that Frank, a Falls Church, Virginia resident, will be visiting the White House on Friday to help cut the grass in the Rose Garden.In July, when he was 10 years of age he has since had a birthday , Frank wrote to Mr. Trump saying it would be his honor to mow the lawn one weekend. .@SHSanders45: It is our duty to keep the American dream alive for kids like Frank. pic.twitter/kaUMlgHn75mdash; The White House @WhiteHouse August 2, 2017 Even though I m only ten, I would like to show the n stanley quencher ation what young people like me are ready for, Frank wrote. The young boy told the president that he admired his business background and had started his own business mowing his neighbor s lawns, even listing his various lawn care equipment that he could make available to the White House. I can bring extra fuel for stanley cup the power mower and charged batteries for the weed whacker. I will do this at no charge, Frank graciously added. Sanders has made a habit of reading letters written by children across the country before press briefings, previously reading aloud a note by a young child named stanley thermos mug Dylan, who also goes by Pickle, who described having a Trump-themed birthday Rftk Hillary Clinton responds to Donald Trump s schl****d insult
CBS News Amid ever-tightening presidential polls and reports of a tepid fiscal recovery, President Obama and Mitt Romney both head to Ohio Thursday to deliver dueling remarks about the economy -- each candidate attempting to sell his fiscal vision to voters as America garrafa stanley s most promising path toward renewed prosperity.Taking place about 250 miles apart -- Mr. Obama in Cleveland, Romney in Cincinnati -- in a state widely considered one of the most crucial battleground territories in the country, the two speeches mark the first time this cycle that both candidates will speak on same day out of the same state. Already, the gloves are coming off. In remarks to reporters on Wednesday, Romney pre-butted Mr. Obama s Thursday remarks, predicting that the president will use the speech as an opportunity to change course after failing to win over voters with his previous line of persuasion. [Mr. Obama] said, as you know, just a few days ago, that the private sector is doing fine, but the... the increduli stanley cup ty that came screaming back from the American people, I think, has caused him to rethink that, Romney said, prior to a gathering of the Business Roundtable Association in Washington, D.C. I think you re gonna see him stanley cups change course when he speaks tomorrow, where he will acknowledge that it isn t going so well, and he ll be asking for four more years. My own view is that he will speak eloquently, but that words are cheap, and that the record of a
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CONCORD, N.H. -- New Hampshire Gov. Maggie Hassan is running for the U.S. Sena stanley mug te, setting the stage for a contest with Republican incumbent Kelly Ayotte that could be critical to determining control of the chamber.In an online video released Monday morning, the Democratic governor says she s running to bring a bipartisan, common-sense governing approach to Washington that mirrors that of New Hampshire. She says Washington has given in to powerful special interests and lobbyists who rigged the system for themselves and against the middle class. Watch Hassan s video here: Hassan, in her second te stanley cupe rm as governor, is the first Democrat to announce she s in the race to challenge Ayotte, a first-term senator. Hassan, 57, has long been considered the party s strongest challenger to Ayotte. Democrats fare well in New Hampshire during presidential elections, when the party s voter turnout spikes, creating a tougher landscape for Ayotte than her first election in 2010. Ayotte says she expects a very spirited campaign. Hassan s announcement comes a little over two weeks after reaching a deal with legislators allowing an $11.3 billion budget plan to go into effect after a months-long stalemate. Republicans control both the House and Senate in Concord. Hassan mentions the budget deal in her nearly 2 1/2-minute video, as stanley cups well as the state s Medicaid expansion law that took effect in 2014 and a tuition freeze at the state university syste Nkgy Republicans Give Paulson Tepid Reviews
The Senate was unable Tuesday to break the labor rights stalemate over legislation creating a Homeland Security Department, lengthening the odds that Congress will reach compromise before the November elections.An attempt by Democratic leaders to bring debate to a close failed by 15 votes get the 60 necessary to prevail. Although talks were continuing, the likelihood of a deal was growing dimmer by the hour as lawmakers try to wrap up business by Oct. 11 for the fall campaigns. It s going to require a lot of work to get done, said Rep. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, a close ally of President Bush. Our goal is to end up with a department that works, or else not have a department. Sen. Joseph Lieberman, D-Conn., said the clock is ticking and raised the possibility that the bill will be shelved for good if the Senate stanley nz turns to a use-of-force resolution regarding Iraq. Will it ever emerge stanley cups uk I don t know, termo stanley said Lieberman, chief sponsor of a Democratic version of the legislation. Each side blames the other for the impasse, reports CBS News Correspondent Bob Fuss, but the fact is they have each painted themselves into a difficult corner. The president is adamant he must have the authority to change work rules to make the new homeland security department work efficiently, and Senate Republicans won t allow a final vote on a bill that doesn t have that in it. Democrats, closely allied with public workers unions, say they won t let those unions be
CONCORD, N.H. -- New Hampshire Gov. Maggie Hassan is running for the U.S. Sena stanley mug te, setting the stage for a contest with Republican incumbent Kelly Ayotte that could be critical to determining control of the chamber.In an online video released Monday morning, the Democratic governor says she s running to bring a bipartisan, common-sense governing approach to Washington that mirrors that of New Hampshire. She says Washington has given in to powerful special interests and lobbyists who rigged the system for themselves and against the middle class. Watch Hassan s video here: Hassan, in her second te stanley cupe rm as governor, is the first Democrat to announce she s in the race to challenge Ayotte, a first-term senator. Hassan, 57, has long been considered the party s strongest challenger to Ayotte. Democrats fare well in New Hampshire during presidential elections, when the party s voter turnout spikes, creating a tougher landscape for Ayotte than her first election in 2010. Ayotte says she expects a very spirited campaign. Hassan s announcement comes a little over two weeks after reaching a deal with legislators allowing an $11.3 billion budget plan to go into effect after a months-long stalemate. Republicans control both the House and Senate in Concord. Hassan mentions the budget deal in her nearly 2 1/2-minute video, as stanley cups well as the state s Medicaid expansion law that took effect in 2014 and a tuition freeze at the state university syste Nkgy Republicans Give Paulson Tepid Reviews
The Senate was unable Tuesday to break the labor rights stalemate over legislation creating a Homeland Security Department, lengthening the odds that Congress will reach compromise before the November elections.An attempt by Democratic leaders to bring debate to a close failed by 15 votes get the 60 necessary to prevail. Although talks were continuing, the likelihood of a deal was growing dimmer by the hour as lawmakers try to wrap up business by Oct. 11 for the fall campaigns. It s going to require a lot of work to get done, said Rep. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, a close ally of President Bush. Our goal is to end up with a department that works, or else not have a department. Sen. Joseph Lieberman, D-Conn., said the clock is ticking and raised the possibility that the bill will be shelved for good if the Senate stanley nz turns to a use-of-force resolution regarding Iraq. Will it ever emerge stanley cups uk I don t know, termo stanley said Lieberman, chief sponsor of a Democratic version of the legislation. Each side blames the other for the impasse, reports CBS News Correspondent Bob Fuss, but the fact is they have each painted themselves into a difficult corner. The president is adamant he must have the authority to change work rules to make the new homeland security department work efficiently, and Senate Republicans won t allow a final vote on a bill that doesn t have that in it. Democrats, closely allied with public workers unions, say they won t let those unions be
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Washington mdash; The United States borders with Mexico and Canada will remain closed for non-essential travel for another month as the country braces for what public health experts say will be a difficult winter battling the coronavirus pandemic.Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf said Monday that the three countries will extend travel restrictions through November 21 in an effort to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus. We are working closely with Mexico Canada to identify safe criteria to eas stanley cup e the restrictions in the future support our border communities, Wolf tweeted. Bill Blair, Canada s minister of public safety and emergency preparedness, said the nation s decisions will continue to be based on the best public health advice available to keep Canadians safe. Under the restrictions, a foreign national arriving in Canada from the U.S. must prove they are traveling for an essential purpose or are an immediate family member and are not showing symptoms of COVID-19. Travelers must also have a plan to quarantine for 14 days. Those traveling to Mexico from the U.S. may also be denied entry if their trip stanley cup is considered non-essential, including for tourism and recreational purposes.The U.S. leads the world in coronavirus infections, with more than 8.2 million confirmed cases, according to Johns Hopkins University. Mexico, by contr stanley uk ast, has had more than 800,000 confirmed coronavirus cases, and Canada has had Free Suspected arson at Bill Clinton s birthplace
Congress approved $70 billion Wednesday for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, a bitter finish for majority Democrats who tried to force a change in President Bush s war policy.The House s 272-142 vote also sent the president a $555 billion catchall spending bill that combines the war stanley termosar money with money for 14 Cabinet departments.Bush and his Senate GOP allies forced the Iraq money upon anti-war Democrats as the price for permitting the year-end budget deal to pass and be signed. But other Democrats were eager to avoid being seen as not supporting troops who are in harm s way - and avoid weeks of bashing by Bush for failing to provide that money. This is a blank check, co stanley quencher mplained Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass. The new money in this bill represents stanley becher one cave-in too many. It is an endorsement of George Bush s policy of endless war. The vote reflected the reluctance by each party to deny money to troops in the field. At the same time, anti-war Democrats had found their position weakened by the decline in violence in Iraq. War spending aside, Bush s GOP allies were divided over whether the overall spending bill was a victory for their party in the months-long fight with Democrats over agency budgets.Conservatives and outside groups such as the Club for Growth, which seeks to elect lawmakers opposed to tax and spending increases, criticized the bill for having about $28 billion in domestic spending that topped Bush s budget and w
Washington mdash; The United States borders with Mexico and Canada will remain closed for non-essential travel for another month as the country braces for what public health experts say will be a difficult winter battling the coronavirus pandemic.Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf said Monday that the three countries will extend travel restrictions through November 21 in an effort to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus. We are working closely with Mexico Canada to identify safe criteria to eas stanley cup e the restrictions in the future support our border communities, Wolf tweeted. Bill Blair, Canada s minister of public safety and emergency preparedness, said the nation s decisions will continue to be based on the best public health advice available to keep Canadians safe. Under the restrictions, a foreign national arriving in Canada from the U.S. must prove they are traveling for an essential purpose or are an immediate family member and are not showing symptoms of COVID-19. Travelers must also have a plan to quarantine for 14 days. Those traveling to Mexico from the U.S. may also be denied entry if their trip stanley cup is considered non-essential, including for tourism and recreational purposes.The U.S. leads the world in coronavirus infections, with more than 8.2 million confirmed cases, according to Johns Hopkins University. Mexico, by contr stanley uk ast, has had more than 800,000 confirmed coronavirus cases, and Canada has had Free Suspected arson at Bill Clinton s birthplace
Congress approved $70 billion Wednesday for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, a bitter finish for majority Democrats who tried to force a change in President Bush s war policy.The House s 272-142 vote also sent the president a $555 billion catchall spending bill that combines the war stanley termosar money with money for 14 Cabinet departments.Bush and his Senate GOP allies forced the Iraq money upon anti-war Democrats as the price for permitting the year-end budget deal to pass and be signed. But other Democrats were eager to avoid being seen as not supporting troops who are in harm s way - and avoid weeks of bashing by Bush for failing to provide that money. This is a blank check, co stanley quencher mplained Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass. The new money in this bill represents stanley becher one cave-in too many. It is an endorsement of George Bush s policy of endless war. The vote reflected the reluctance by each party to deny money to troops in the field. At the same time, anti-war Democrats had found their position weakened by the decline in violence in Iraq. War spending aside, Bush s GOP allies were divided over whether the overall spending bill was a victory for their party in the months-long fight with Democrats over agency budgets.Conservatives and outside groups such as the Club for Growth, which seeks to elect lawmakers opposed to tax and spending increases, criticized the bill for having about $28 billion in domestic spending that topped Bush s budget and w
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The National Rifle Association NRA said in a statement Thursday that the device the Las Vegas shooter used to convert his semi-automatic weapons to fire automatic should be subject to additional regulations. In the aftermath of the evil and senseless attack in Las Vegas, the American people are looking for answers as to how future tragedies can be prevented, said Wayne LaPierre, the NRA s CEO, and Chris Cox, executive director of the NRA Institute for Legislative Action in a joint statement. While the two deemed it unfortunate that the first response from some politicians has been to call for gun control, they stated, The NRA believes that devices designed to allow semi-automatic rifles to function like fully-automatic rifles should be subject to additional regulations. A growing number of congressional Republicans have expressed that they re open to investigating the legality or even banning bump stocks. Senator proposes nationwide ban on bump fire stocks 02:20 stanley quencher Since the mid-1980s, machine guns that fire multiple shots stanley cup with one pull of the trigger have been illegal but the bump stock, a gun accessory, is currently legal and enabled the gunman last stanley uk Sunday to shoot more than 500 people at a country music festival. Stephen Paddock killed 58 people and wou Flks CBS News Panel Previews the State of the Union (Video)
The following is a dispatch from CBS News White House Correspondent Mark Knoller: When historians of the future examine President Bush s daily schedules as issued each day by the White House press office, they might be tempted to think he never attended a political fund-raiser.They can scour his schedules and never find the word fund-raiser, although our CBS News tally shows that as President, Mr. Bush has attended over 300 of them. Last Tuesday in Florida, he raised over $1.4 million for the GOP at two events in Jacksonville and Palm Beach ndash; but here s how they were listed stanley cup on his public schedule: 12:30 pm THE PRESIDENT attends a Republican National Committee Luncheon Private Residence | Ja stanley canada cksonville, Florida CLOSED PRESS 5:50 pm THE PRESIDENT attends a Republican National Committee Reception stanley mug Private Residence | Palm Beach, Florida CLOSED PRESSThe listings show he attended a luncheon at the first stop and reception at the next - no mention of the word fund-raiser. It s the same in the 11,000 pages of schedules released last week covering Hillary Clinton s eight years as First Lady.During her last two years, she attended scores of fund-raisers for her U.S. Senate campaign in New York ndash; but the word fund-raiser is avoided as shown by these three listings on June 30, 2000:
The National Rifle Association NRA said in a statement Thursday that the device the Las Vegas shooter used to convert his semi-automatic weapons to fire automatic should be subject to additional regulations. In the aftermath of the evil and senseless attack in Las Vegas, the American people are looking for answers as to how future tragedies can be prevented, said Wayne LaPierre, the NRA s CEO, and Chris Cox, executive director of the NRA Institute for Legislative Action in a joint statement. While the two deemed it unfortunate that the first response from some politicians has been to call for gun control, they stated, The NRA believes that devices designed to allow semi-automatic rifles to function like fully-automatic rifles should be subject to additional regulations. A growing number of congressional Republicans have expressed that they re open to investigating the legality or even banning bump stocks. Senator proposes nationwide ban on bump fire stocks 02:20 stanley quencher Since the mid-1980s, machine guns that fire multiple shots stanley cup with one pull of the trigger have been illegal but the bump stock, a gun accessory, is currently legal and enabled the gunman last stanley uk Sunday to shoot more than 500 people at a country music festival. Stephen Paddock killed 58 people and wou Flks CBS News Panel Previews the State of the Union (Video)
The following is a dispatch from CBS News White House Correspondent Mark Knoller: When historians of the future examine President Bush s daily schedules as issued each day by the White House press office, they might be tempted to think he never attended a political fund-raiser.They can scour his schedules and never find the word fund-raiser, although our CBS News tally shows that as President, Mr. Bush has attended over 300 of them. Last Tuesday in Florida, he raised over $1.4 million for the GOP at two events in Jacksonville and Palm Beach ndash; but here s how they were listed stanley cup on his public schedule: 12:30 pm THE PRESIDENT attends a Republican National Committee Luncheon Private Residence | Ja stanley canada cksonville, Florida CLOSED PRESS 5:50 pm THE PRESIDENT attends a Republican National Committee Reception stanley mug Private Residence | Palm Beach, Florida CLOSED PRESSThe listings show he attended a luncheon at the first stop and reception at the next - no mention of the word fund-raiser. It s the same in the 11,000 pages of schedules released last week covering Hillary Clinton s eight years as First Lady.During her last two years, she attended scores of fund-raisers for her U.S. Senate campaign in New York ndash; but the word fund-raiser is avoided as shown by these three listings on June 30, 2000:
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The House has approved a bill to improve school safety in the wake of the shooting that left 17 dead at a Florida high school. The bill authorizes $500 million over 10 years for grants to improve training and coordination between schools and local law enforcement and help identify signs of potential violence before they occur.CBS News Poll: Most Americans say students should be involved in gun policy and school safetyThe House approved the STOP School Violence Act of 2018, 407-10.The vote marks the first gun-related action by Congress since the Feb. 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. stanley cup stanley cup Father of Parkland shooting victim offers emotional plea to Senate to act on gun reform 01:21 stanley cup Programs like these have the support of school safety advocacy groups like Sandy Hook Promise, and they have been conducting threat assessment trainings like the ones that would be funded by these grants since 2012. Mark Barden of Sandy Hook Promise appeared with the lawmakers when they unveiled the legislation after the Parkland shooting and said that the trainings are proven to work, so it would be worthwhile have federal funding for them.House Speaker Paul Ryan says the bill provides a multilayered approach to identify threats so authorities can Wvmr Trump campaign says it raised $52.8 million after guilty verdict in fundraising blitz
This story was written by Stephanie Takach, The TriangleThe Drexel University Democrats, working with Drexel Votes 2008, turned in 1,950 Pennsylvania voter registration forms thus far since September of 2007, according to Sean Miller, president of the Drexel Democrats.This, however, doesn t include forms that students may have turned in themselves or the drives run by the College Republicans.Miller said that Drexel is currently one of the top five universities with the most new registered voters in Pennsylvania, accordi starbucks stanley cup ng to the Obama campaign. Drexel is ahead of most colleges in that they have formed a committee to lead the efforts, according to Miller.Drexel Votes 2008 was the idea of Dick Levinson, stanley italia a spokesperson for Hagerty Library, and is a coalition between politically engaged students, faculty and administrators, according to Jane Bryan, Director of Libraries and co-chair of Drexel Votes 2008. Most of what Drexel Votes did was through the Drexel Democrats and the College Republicans, Bryan said. It s the students that have led the charge, she added.Both student groups helped organize the Super Tuesday Watch Party, hosted registration drives and addressed some of the myths that students believe about registration, such as losing f stanley water bottle inancial aid, Bryan said.The Drexel Democrats went Dorm Storming during which they went door to door in the residence halls asking students if they were registered to vote, according to Bryan.
The House has approved a bill to improve school safety in the wake of the shooting that left 17 dead at a Florida high school. The bill authorizes $500 million over 10 years for grants to improve training and coordination between schools and local law enforcement and help identify signs of potential violence before they occur.CBS News Poll: Most Americans say students should be involved in gun policy and school safetyThe House approved the STOP School Violence Act of 2018, 407-10.The vote marks the first gun-related action by Congress since the Feb. 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. stanley cup stanley cup Father of Parkland shooting victim offers emotional plea to Senate to act on gun reform 01:21 stanley cup Programs like these have the support of school safety advocacy groups like Sandy Hook Promise, and they have been conducting threat assessment trainings like the ones that would be funded by these grants since 2012. Mark Barden of Sandy Hook Promise appeared with the lawmakers when they unveiled the legislation after the Parkland shooting and said that the trainings are proven to work, so it would be worthwhile have federal funding for them.House Speaker Paul Ryan says the bill provides a multilayered approach to identify threats so authorities can Wvmr Trump campaign says it raised $52.8 million after guilty verdict in fundraising blitz
This story was written by Stephanie Takach, The TriangleThe Drexel University Democrats, working with Drexel Votes 2008, turned in 1,950 Pennsylvania voter registration forms thus far since September of 2007, according to Sean Miller, president of the Drexel Democrats.This, however, doesn t include forms that students may have turned in themselves or the drives run by the College Republicans.Miller said that Drexel is currently one of the top five universities with the most new registered voters in Pennsylvania, accordi starbucks stanley cup ng to the Obama campaign. Drexel is ahead of most colleges in that they have formed a committee to lead the efforts, according to Miller.Drexel Votes 2008 was the idea of Dick Levinson, stanley italia a spokesperson for Hagerty Library, and is a coalition between politically engaged students, faculty and administrators, according to Jane Bryan, Director of Libraries and co-chair of Drexel Votes 2008. Most of what Drexel Votes did was through the Drexel Democrats and the College Republicans, Bryan said. It s the students that have led the charge, she added.Both student groups helped organize the Super Tuesday Watch Party, hosted registration drives and addressed some of the myths that students believe about registration, such as losing f stanley water bottle inancial aid, Bryan said.The Drexel Democrats went Dorm Storming during which they went door to door in the residence halls asking students if they were registered to vote, according to Bryan.