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By: Tracie Mauriello, The Post-Gazette
June 22, 2016
U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver of Missouri brought a pillow. Norma Torres of California brought a blanket. Jerrold Nadler of New York brought a magazine. Dutch Ruppersberger of Maryland brought snacks. Several members brought iPads.
By: Tom Troy, Toledo Blade
June 22, 2016
U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D., Toledo) proposed an amendment to a House bill today that would prohibit a person on the "no-fly list" of the Terrorism Watch List from being able to buy a gun. It was voted down.
The exchange occurred during debate on appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security.
To put someone's name on the terrorism watch list a law enforcement agency must have "reasonable suspicion" that an individual is involved somehow in terrorism.
Deadline is July 19, 2015
Toledo, Ohio– Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio) encourages small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture and private non-profits located in Ohio’s 9th congressional district and which suffered economic losses as a result of months of 2015’s extreme weather to consider applying for low-interest disaster loans from the federal Small Business Administration, or SBA.
Video of Appropriations Debate Washington, DC – Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio) today sought to find a bipartisan compromise to a pending terrorist ‘No Fly, No Buy’ amendment before the annual appropriations measure to fund the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2016. Her attempt at a compromise was rebuffed on a voice vote after a lively debate, and the amendment was defeated, 31-16. Kaptur attempted to work out compromise language on her colleague Rep.
By: Stephen Koff, The Plain Dealer
June 21, 2016