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Posted: 4/4/2013 5:18:40 PM EST
Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, second from right, gestures at the conclusion of a legislation signing ceremony as Jackie and Mark Barden, left and second from left respectively, parents of Sandy Hook shooting victim Daniel Barden, and Neil Heslin, right, father of Sandy Hook shooting victim Jesse Lewis, right, look on at the Capitol in Hartford, Conn., Thursday, April 4, 2013. The legislation signed by Malloy adds more than 100 firearms to the state's assault weapons ban, sets eligibility rules for buying ammunition, and creates what officials have called the nation's first dangerous weapon offender registry. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
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Posted: 4/4/2013 5:18:40 PM EST
Mark Barden, center, father of Sandy Hook shooting victim Daniel Barden, hugs U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., left, as Barden's wife Jackie, right, looks on at the conclusion of a legislation signing ceremony at the Capitol in Hartford, Conn., Thursday, April 4, 2013. The legislation signed by Connecticut Dannel P. Malloy at the ceremony adds more than 100 firearms to the state's assault weapons ban, sets eligibility rules for buying ammunition, and creates what officials have called the nation's first dangerous weapon offender registry. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
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Posted: 4/4/2013 5:18:40 PM EST
Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, center left, hugs Nicole Hockley, center right, mother of Sandy Hook School shooting victim Dylan Hockley, as Neil Heslin, behind left, father of Sandy Hook shooting victim Jesse Lewis, and Conn. Lt. Gov. Nancy Wyman, right, look on at the conclusion of legislation signing ceremonies at the Capitol in Hartford, Conn., Thursday, April 4, 2013. The legislation signed by Malloy adds more than 100 firearms to the state's assault weapons ban, sets eligibility rules for buying ammunition, and creates what officials have called the nation's first dangerous weapon offender registry. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
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Posted: 4/4/2013 5:18:40 PM EST
Nicole Hockley, right, mother of Sandy Hook School shooting victim Dylan Hockley, hugs Conn. state Sen. Beth Bye, D-West Hartford, center, as Neil Heslin, behind left, father of Sandy Hook shooting victim Jesse Lewis, looks on at the conclusion of legislation signing ceremonies at the Capitol in Hartford, Conn., Thursday, April 4, 2013. The legislation signed by Malloy adds more than 100 firearms to the state's assault weapons ban, sets eligibility rules for buying ammunition, and creates what officials have called the nation's first dangerous weapon offender registry. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
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Posted: 4/4/2013 1:48:23 PM EST
Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, center, signs legislation at the Capitol in Hartford, Conn., Thursday, April 4, 2013, that includes new restrictions on weapons and large capacity ammunition magazines, a response to last year's deadly school shooting in Newtown. Neil Heslin, behind left, father of Sandy Hook shooting victim Jesse Lewis, Nicole Hockley, right, mother of Sandy Hook School shooting victim Dylan, and Conn. Lt. Gov. Nancy Wyman, left, look on. The legislation adds more than 100 firearms to the state's assault weapons ban, sets eligibility rules for buying ammunition, and creates what officials have called the nation's first dangerous weapon offender registry. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
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Posted: 4/4/2013 1:33:44 PM EST
Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, center, completes signing legislation at the Capitol in Hartford, Conn., Thursday, April 4, 2013, that includes new restrictions on weapons and large capacity ammunition magazines, a response to last year's deadly school shooting in Newtown. Neil Heslin, second from left, father of Sandy Hook shooting victim Jesse Lewis, Nicole Hockley, right, mother of Sandy Hook School shooting victim Dylan, and Conn. Lt. Gov. Nancy Wyman, left, applaud. The legislation adds more than 100 firearms to the state's assault weapons ban, sets eligibility rules for buying ammunition, and creates what officials have called the nation's first dangerous weapon offender registry. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
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Posted: 4/4/2013 1:33:44 PM EST
Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy signs legislation at the Capitol in Hartford, Conn., Thursday, April 4, 2013, which includes new restrictions on weapons and large capacity ammunition magazines, a response to last year's deadly school shooting in Newtown. The legislation adds more than 100 firearms to the state's assault weapons ban, sets eligibility rules for buying ammunition, and creates what officials have called the nation's first dangerous weapon offender registry. Some parts of the bill would take effect immediately after Malloy's signature, including background checks for all firearms sales. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
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Posted: 4/4/2013 1:33:44 PM EST
Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, center, signs legislation at the Capitol in Hartford, Conn., Thursday, April 4, 2013, that includes new restrictions on weapons and large capacity ammunition magazines, a response to last year's deadly school shooting in Newtown. Neil Heslin, behind left, father of Sandy Hook shooting victim Jesse Lewis, Nicole Hockley, right, mother of Sandy Hook School shooting victim Dylan, and Conn. Lt. Gov. Nancy Wyman, left, look on. The legislation adds more than 100 firearms to the state's assault weapons ban, sets eligibility rules for buying ammunition, and creates what officials have called the nation's first dangerous weapon offender registry. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
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Posted: 4/3/2013 3:53:27 PM EST
A high-speed ferry is docked during a 24-hour strike held by dock workers unions in the port of Piraeus, near Athens, Wednesday, April 3, 2013. Seamen’s Union called the strike on Wednesday to protest the submission of new legislation in Greece's Parliament which, unionists claim, paves the way for the abolition of collective labor contracts that safeguard wage levels and other benefits. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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Posted: 4/3/2013 3:53:27 PM EST
A man fishes as a ferry is docked during a 24-hour strike held by dock workers unions in the port of Piraeus, near Athens, Wednesday, April 3, 2013. Seamen’s Union called the strike on Wednesday to protest the submission of new legislation in Greece's Parliament which, unionists claim, paves the way for the abolition of collective labor contracts that safeguard wage levels and other benefits. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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Posted: 4/3/2013 12:48:38 PM EST
Jonathan Scalise, owner of Ammunition Storage Components of New Britian, Conn., left, examines a draft of gun control legislation before it is presented on the House floor with shooting sports lobbyist John Larkin, right, in the press room at the Capitol in Hartford, Conn., Wednesday, April 3, 2013. Hundreds of gun rights advocates are gathering at the statehouse in Hartford ahead of a vote in the General Assembly on proposed gun-control legislation. Scalise is concerned with the impact of the bill on his business and employees. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
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Posted: 4/3/2013 3:13:25 AM EST
FILE - In this Dec. 10, 2010 file photo, a worker tears off the leaves of a Vidalia onion plant before planting its roots into the soil on an onion farm in Lyons, Ga. Sweeping immigration legislation taking shape in the Senate will aim to dramatically overhaul the nation’s agriculture worker program to create a steady supply of labor for the nation’s farmers and growers, who rely more on illegal workers than any other industry. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)
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Posted: 4/1/2013 6:48:28 PM EST
Relatives and supporters of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims stand during a presentation at the Capital in Hartford, Conn., Monday, April 1, 2013, where they asked lawmakers to include a ban on existing high-capacity magazines in a legislation addressing gun control spurred by the massacre. Standing from left are: Jennifer Hensel, Jackie and Mark Barden, Sandy Hook Promise member Tim Makris, William Sherlach, Nelba Marquez-Greene and Nicole Hockley. (AP Photo/New Haven Register, Mara Lavitt) 4/1/13
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Posted: 4/1/2013 6:38:28 PM EST
William Sherlach, left, husband of slain Sandy Hook Elementary School psychologist Mary Sherlach speaks, at the Capital in Hartford, Conn., Monday, April 1, 2013, as families of the school shooting victims asked lawmakers to include a ban on existing high-capacity magazines in a legislation addressing gun control spurred by the massacre. Other paraents attending are, from left behind Sherlach: Jennifer Hensel, Jackie and Mark Barden, Nelba Marquez-Greene, and Nicole Hockley. (AP Photo/New Haven Register, Mara Lavitt) 4/1/13
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Posted: 4/1/2013 6:38:28 PM EST
CORRECTS ID OF WIFE TO JACKIE - Mark Barden, right, father of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victim Daniel Barden, speaks alongside his wife, Jackie, center, and other Newtown parents, at the Capital in Hartford, Conn., Monday, April 1, 2013. Families of the school shooting victims were there to ask lawmakers to include a ban on existing high-capacity magazines in a legislation addressing gun control spurred by the massacre. (AP Photo/New Haven Register, Mara Lavitt)
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Posted: 4/1/2013 3:18:36 AM EST
FILE - In this Wednesday, March 27, 2013 file photo, Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., makes a point as he is joined by Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., and Sen. Michael Bennett, D-Colo., during a news conference after their tour of the Mexico border with the United States in Nogales, Ariz. A group of influential U.S. senators shaping and negotiating details of an immigration reform package have vowed to make the legislation public when Congress reconvenes in April. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)
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Posted: 3/31/2013 11:08:32 AM EST
FILE – In this Aug. 31, 2009, file photo supporters on both sides of the health care reform issue argue in Skokie, Ill., outside a town hall meeting held by U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky, who represents Chicago. With a nation still split over the Affordable Care Act Schakowsky, a long-time supporter of coverage for the insured, is predicting vindication for the health overhaul legislation once people see how the program really works. “It’s harder to sell what is a pretty new idea for Americans while it is still in the abstract,” she said. “I think as people experience it, they’re going to love it, much like Medicare.” (AP Photo/ Jim Prisching, File)
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Posted: 3/31/2013 10:53:18 AM EST
FILE - In this April 16, 2012 file photo, North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple speaks in Bismarck, N.D. Dalrymple signed legislation on March 26, 2013 that would make North Dakota the nation's most restrictive state on abortion rights, banning the procedure if a fetal heartbeat can be detected — something that can happen as early as six weeks into a pregnancy. Rival legal teams, each well-financed and highly motivated, are girding for high-stakes court battles in the coming months over this law and one enacted in Arkansas that would would ban most abortions from the 12th week of pregnancy onward. (AP Photo/Dale Wetzel, File)
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Posted: 3/29/2013 2:03:26 PM EST
File - In This May 18, 2001 file photo, Nueces County Texas District Attorney Carlos Valdez looks at one of the signs that District Judge Manuel Banales ordered 21 registered sex offenders to place in their yards in Corpus Christi, Texas. While statehouses nationwide work on legislation aimed at curbing how and where sex offenders can live and work, a proposal in Texas that would strip employment information from the state’s sex offender registry is being cheered by those on the list as a minor but extraordinary easing of the law. (AP Photo/Corpus Christi Caller-Times, Paul Iverson, File)
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Posted: 3/28/2013 5:03:31 AM EST
In this photo posted to the Twitter account of U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., McCain, right, and U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., left, stand with U.S. Border Patrol agents during a tour of the Mexico border with the United States on Wednesday, March 27, 2013, in Nogales, Ariz. The senators are part of a larger group of legislators shaping and negotiating details of an immigration reform package vowed Wednesday to make the legislation public when Congress reconvenes next month. McCain tweeted that he witnessed a woman successfully climb the 18-foot fence during the visit. (AP Photo/Office of Sen. John McCain)
