Congress goes into damage control mode
The Congress went into damage control mode on Wednesday to mollify three ``allies'' -- the Trinamool Congress, the Rashtriya Janata Dal and the Lok Jan Shakti Party -- which are smarting under party general secretary Rahul Gandhi's positive remarks about their key opponents in their States.
The White House is urging Congress to swiftly pass the assault weapons ban that cleared a Senate panel today on a party-line vote.