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. The House finishes work for the week this afternoon. The Senate GOP’s fast track effort to move a ...

No, Congress won’t pass gun background checks ‘like we’ve never had before.’ Here’s why. ... El Paso and Dayton took place when Congress was out of town on summer break.

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Congress has a chance to toughen up background checks for gun purchases. You can help nudge them along. Editorial: Push Congress to enact these gun reform measures - Los Angeles Times ...

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 ...

"We have to tell Congress it's time to require a background check for anyone who wants to buy a gun so people who are dangerous to themselves and others cannot get their hands on a gun," Obama said.

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump said Friday that congressional leaders are talking about new "meaningful background checks" for gun buyers – but with input from the National Rifle ...

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 ...

Sens. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., and John Cornyn, R-Texas, have been quietly negotiating a way to bolster background check rules by making a small but consequential tweak to current law.

Congress and the Judicial Conference, the national policy-making body for the federal courts, should take steps to fix the problem and ensure access to DOB in PACER.