Daily Political Wire

George Wenschhof

Obama To Visit Colorado Today - the President will visit with victim families of the Aurora theater shootings and local officials.  Afterwards, he will embark on a three west coast trip to San Francisco, California, Reno, Nevada, Portland, Maine and Washington state.  You can read more here.

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Lautenberg To Introduce Gun-Control Legislation This Week - in the wake of the Aurora shootings, Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) will introduce legislation to crack down on high capacity ammunition clips.  TPM.com has more here.

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Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calf.) Calls For Renewal of Assault Weapons Ban - You can read more here. 

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Obama Leading Romney in Florida 48% - 45% - Florida is a state Mitt Romney must win in order to become President.  SurveyUSA conducted the poll.  You can read more here.

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U.S. Poverty Highest in 46 Years - the expected poverty rate, to be released this fall, will hit as high as 15.7%, the highest level since 1965.  The Washington Post has more here.

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Libor Scandal Arrests Expected - U.S. prosecutors and European regulators are close to making arrests of individuals who colluded to manipulate global interest rates.  You can read more here.

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Fighting in Syria Continues in Aleppo and Damascus - with no signs of the conflict ending anytime soon, Senator John McCain (R-AZ) is calling for more direct U.S. support for the rebels, who cites a fear the Assad regime might resort to using chemical weapons.  Reuters.com has more here.

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