Lawrence Journal-World 03-22-13

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BRIEFLY U.S. House sends budget to Obama

tions involving federally licensed firearms dealers but not private sales at gun WASHINGTON (AP) — shows or online. Moving on two fronts, President Barack Obama the Republican-controlled and many supporters of House on Thursday voted to curbing guns consider an keep the government runexpansion of the system to ning for the next six months private gun sales to be the while pushing through a most effective response tea-party flavored budget lawmakers could take in for next year that would the wake of December’s shrink the government by elementary school massaanother $4.6 trillion over cre in Newtown, Conn. The the next decade. system is designed to keep The spending authorizaguns from criminals, people tion on its way to the White with serious mental probHouse for President Barack lems and others considered Obama’s signature leaves in potentially dangerous. place $85 billion in spending cuts to the Pentagon Senate nears deal and domestic programs. on immigration The result will be temporary furloughs for hundreds WASHINGTON (AP) — A of thousands of federal bipartisan group of senators workers and contractors is nearing agreement on a over the next six months comprehensive immigration and interrupted, slower or bill that would put illegal halted services and aid for immigrants on a 13-year many Americans. path to citizenship, officials Congress spared a prowith outside groups keepgram that provides tuition ing up with the talks said aid to active duty military Thursday. from the budget knife. The legislation also Faced with some $43 billion would install new criteria in automatic, across-thefor border security, allow board cuts that kicked in more high- and low-skilled March 1, the military had workers to come to the suspended the program U.S., and hold businesses in a budget-cutting move, to tougher standards on saying it could save $250 verifying their workers are million to $300 million. in the country legally, acThe nonbinding GOP cording to outside groups budget plan for 2014 and and lawmakers involved. beyond calls for a balanced Together, the measures budget in 10 years’ time represent the most sweepand sharp cuts in safety-net ing changes in immigration programs for the poor and law in decades. other domestic programs. The senators in the socalled Gang of Eight were Gun bill expands meeting for hours at a time daily this week trying background checks to complete a deal. There WASHINGTON (AP) — were still big disagreeGun control legislation the ments on some issues, but Senate debates next month they hoped to resolve most will include an expansion of of them before Congress federal background checks began a two-week recess at for firearms buyers, Majorweek’s end. ity Leader Harry Reid said Thursday in a victory for Civil unions now advocates of gun restrictions. law in Colorado The announcement unDENVER (AP) — Civil derscores that Democrats intend to take an aggressive unions for gay couples got the governor’s signature approach in the effort to in Colorado on Thursday, broaden the checks, currently required for transac- punctuating a dramatic

turnaround in a state where voters banned same-sex marriage in 2006 and restricted protections for gays two decades ago. “There is no excuse that people shouldn’t have all the same rights,� Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper told the crowd at the state Capitol, which included dozens of gay couples and others watching from floors above. The law takes effect May 1. Colorado will join eight states that have civil unions or similar laws. Nine states and the District of Columbia allow gay marriage.

New Archbishop of Canterbury installed LONDON (AP) — The new archbishop of Canterbury was formally enthroned Thursday — and questions about the Church of England’s opposition to same-sex marriage greeted his promotion. Justin Welby is the 105th Archbishop of Canterbury, serving as head of the Church of England and spiritual leader of the world’s 77 million-strong Anglican Communion. Welby was formally enthroned at the 900-yearold Canterbury Cathedral in southern England before politicians, including Prime Minister David Cameron and religious leaders. Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla, also attended. Earlier in the day, Welby talked to the BBC about some of the issues that have dogged his predecessors and led to deep divisions within the church. He acknowledged that many gays have enduring relationships of “stunning� quality — a fact he said that has “deeply challenged� his own views on gay marriage. He also predicted in a Channel Five interview that there will be a female archbishop in the future despite the failure to pass legislation backing the idea last year.

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