Convalescent Rep. Steve Scalise Still An Adamant Gun Proponent.

In a recent interview with the Washington Post, House Majority Whip Steve Scalise is still a hard core conservative proponent of the 2nd Amendment. Neither his recovery from gun shot wounds suffered last June nor the mass shooting this past Sunday has dissuaded him from that position. “I think it’s…

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Why the Shooting of Steve Scalise Says We Need Stricter Gun Control

The tragic mass shooting of Republican members of Congress does indicate the need for stricter control of guns, particularly guns like those so typically used in these attacks. Several pundits and a GOP candidate for office have trotted out the tenet that more armed citizenry would prevent events like his….

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GOP continues to support #3 House Republican who spoke at white supremacist event

Well isn’t this awkward?!? House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA), the #3 Republican in the U.S. House, has Speaker John Boehner’s (R-OH) “full confidence as our Whip,” according to a statement put out by Boehner’s office. That’s despite the fact that Scalise spoke at a white supremacist event in 2002….

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