Former Idaho Democratic Congressman Walt Minnick has been hired by his former colleague Gabrielle Giffords’ to assist her effort to expand background checks on gun purchases. Minnick’s Washington, D.C., firm is Majority Group LLC, which he founded in 2011 after…
Idaho GOP Sens. Mike Crapo and Jim Risch helped carry the day for opponents of tougher gun laws during a 2-hour string of votes late Wednesday. A filibuster-proof three-fifths vote was required for passage of amendments to the Safe Communities,…
Idaho GOP Sen. Jim Risch has appeared on CNN, NPR and CBS in the last 24 hours to make the case for blocking a vote on legislation beefing up background checks in the wake of December’s school shooting in Connecticut.…
Idaho Republican Rep. Raul Labrador says the Senate Foreign Relations Committee went easy on former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in her Jan. 23 farewell appearance, which included testimony on the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi. “I wasn’t…
