When the House passed background checks legislation in 2019, the bill ran aground in the then-Republican-controlled Senate, where McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, did not bring it up for a vote.

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Republican leaders in both chambers of Congress appear very wary of entering into a gun debate.

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We watched President Obama’s state-of-the-union speech in HD last night and — I know this sounds shallow — but I kept getting distracted at how old most of the members of Congress, the ...

Congress has a chance to toughen up background checks for gun purchases. You can help nudge them along.

Members of Congress should reject the idea that expanding a broken background check system will make anyone safer. The American people deserve better than politicians who continue to pursue failed ...

Several recent polls have shown overwhelming support for universal background checks, with approval reaching 90 percent in some cases.

Trump called for "common-sense background" checks, but did not detail what that might include. But he suggested the NRA would have input on whatever package emerges. “We’ll see where the NRA ...

The Congress has urged chief minister HD Kumaraswamy, who reportedly decided to quit following the drubbing the Congress-JD(S) alliance received in the Lok Sabha elections, to drop such plans and ...

Democrat Chris Murphy and Republican John Cornyn believe they may have landed on a new way to beef up background checks while attracting bipartisan support.

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