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Gary Martin

Review-Journal Washington Bureau
Phone: 202-662-7390

Gary Martin is the Washington correspondent for the Review-Journal covering Congress. He previously served as political and government editor for the San Antonio Express-News. He has worked at newspapers in Texas and Arizona. Martin received a journalism degree from Colorado State University.

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AG nominee Barr says he wouldn’t go after marijuana companies

President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the Justice Department, William Barr, told a Senate committee Tuesday that he would not use enforcement federal laws on cannabis in states that have passed laws on recreational and medical use.

Trump rejects suggested short-term government shutdown fix

President Donald Trump closed the door Monday on a Republican proposal to end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history as Congress appears no closer to crafting a compromise that lawmakers and the White House could accept.

Trump walks out of White House meeting with Democrats

President Donald Trump walked out of a White House meeting with Democratic leaders on Wednesday when they would not agree to fund his border wall — extending the government shutdown and making it likely hundreds of thousands of federal workers will go without a paycheck this week.

House Democrats plan votes to end government shutdown

As President Donald Trump appealed to the public to support his request for border wall funding, the second-longest government shutdown ended its 18th day and left thousands of federal workers — including 3,500 in Nevada — worried about paychecks.

House Democrats unveil bill to expand background checks for gun sales

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi unveiled a bipartisan bill Tuesday that would expand background checks for gun sales — the first gun control bill in the new House and a top priority for Democrats, including those from Nevada who vividly remember the mass shooting on the Las Vegas Strip.

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