Print Elizabeth Sheld Follow Read Full Bio Police Have Video of Suspect Planting Bombs in Trash at Boston Marathon 16 Apr 2013 Toomey, Manchin Consider 'Change' to Troubled Gun Bill Scrambling for support, Pat Toomey (R-PA) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va) are considering changing their plan to expand background checks for firearms purchasing. 16 Apr 2013 Toomey-Manchin (and Schumer) Gun Control Bill Score Card According to the Hill, here is what we are looking at with the Toomey-Manchin Gun Control situation: 15 Apr 2013 VEEP: Are you watching? Last night was the season premiere of Veep. Sunday night is home to Mad Men and Game of Thrones, but you'd be well served to add Veep to your watch list. 15 Apr 2013 Boehner Plans Lengthy Review of Senate Gun Bill Congressional sources say that GOP lawmakers and strategists are urging Speaker Boehner to kill any gun control legislation that comes to the House by refusing to act on it. 15 Apr 2013 House Version of Toomey-Manchin Gun Control 'Compromise' Coming on Monday Reps Peter King (R-NY) and Mike Thompson (D-CA) will be introducing a version of the Toomey-Manchin gun control/background check compromise early next week. 12 Apr 2013 HIPPA Laws and a Database of Mentally Ill Folks I'm trying to get my head around exactly how this endeavor would work, especially since existing HIPPA laws would make transmitting medical information to third parties problematic. (I don't know much about HIPPA, so maybe not...) 12 Apr 2013 'Internet Disorder' to Be Added to the DSM-V On May 22, the American Psychiatric Association will release an updated version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. There are six notable additions to the manual, among them is 'internet disorder.' 11 Apr 2013 Yo Roll Call, Internet Gun Sales Require a Background Check This article from Roll Call states: 10 Apr 2013 Democrats 'Confident' They Have Votes to Bring Gun Control Bill to Senate Senate Democrats are "confident" they have the votes to bring gun control legislation to the Senate floor. At least 14 Republicans have threatened to filibuster the legislation, but eight Republicans "have said they will not attempt to block an effort to bring up the measure, a senior Democratic aide said." 10 Apr 2013 Previous 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Next
Toomey, Manchin Consider 'Change' to Troubled Gun Bill Scrambling for support, Pat Toomey (R-PA) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va) are considering changing their plan to expand background checks for firearms purchasing. 16 Apr 2013
Toomey-Manchin (and Schumer) Gun Control Bill Score Card According to the Hill, here is what we are looking at with the Toomey-Manchin Gun Control situation: 15 Apr 2013
VEEP: Are you watching? Last night was the season premiere of Veep. Sunday night is home to Mad Men and Game of Thrones, but you'd be well served to add Veep to your watch list. 15 Apr 2013
Boehner Plans Lengthy Review of Senate Gun Bill Congressional sources say that GOP lawmakers and strategists are urging Speaker Boehner to kill any gun control legislation that comes to the House by refusing to act on it. 15 Apr 2013
House Version of Toomey-Manchin Gun Control 'Compromise' Coming on Monday Reps Peter King (R-NY) and Mike Thompson (D-CA) will be introducing a version of the Toomey-Manchin gun control/background check compromise early next week. 12 Apr 2013
HIPPA Laws and a Database of Mentally Ill Folks I'm trying to get my head around exactly how this endeavor would work, especially since existing HIPPA laws would make transmitting medical information to third parties problematic. (I don't know much about HIPPA, so maybe not...) 12 Apr 2013
'Internet Disorder' to Be Added to the DSM-V On May 22, the American Psychiatric Association will release an updated version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. There are six notable additions to the manual, among them is 'internet disorder.' 11 Apr 2013
Yo Roll Call, Internet Gun Sales Require a Background Check This article from Roll Call states: 10 Apr 2013
Democrats 'Confident' They Have Votes to Bring Gun Control Bill to Senate Senate Democrats are "confident" they have the votes to bring gun control legislation to the Senate floor. At least 14 Republicans have threatened to filibuster the legislation, but eight Republicans "have said they will not attempt to block an effort to bring up the measure, a senior Democratic aide said." 10 Apr 2013