U-S Senator John Kennedy opposes a bipartisan bill designed to improve the national background check database. The legislation would penalize federal workers who fail to report relevant records to the database. Kennedy says we do NOT need legislation asking workers to do their job…
Cut 7 (06) “idiot control.”

House Democratic Caucus Chairman Gene Reynolds says Republican legislators didn’t provide any ideas on how to address a looming one-billion dollar shortfall, when legislators met with the governor’s office earlier this week. But Republican House Appropriations Chairman Cameron Henry says solutions should be discussed in an open forum…
cut 12 (12)”…same way”
Henry hopes to hear more specifics from the governor about his solutions to the fiscal cliff during a legislative budget meeting on January 19th.

A teacher’s union group and civil liberties organization are not happy about the arrest of a south Louisiana teacher during a school board meeting…
Voicer 3 (31) “I’m Kelley Ray.”

Congressman Steve Scalise undergoes another surgery today as he continues his long recovery from a gunshot wound he suffered when a gunman opened fire on him and other lawmakers in June. Scalise says today’s surgery has been planed for more than a month…
cut 6 (08) “…excited about”