Politics · 114th Congress
Gun Violence Takes Center Stage at Democratic Convention
Christopher S. Murphy led a nearly 15-hour filibuster in the Senate shortly before leaving the nation’s capital for summer.
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Christopher S. Murphy led a nearly 15-hour filibuster in the Senate shortly before leaving the nation’s capital for summer.
Christopher S. Murphy announced Tuesday the first set of candidates his new political fund will back in an effort to elect more lawmakers dedicated to combating gun violence.
Christopher S. Murphy’s marathon Senate floor speech last month calling for a gun control vote. “We gave them our full support and we finally realized that we need to start doing the same thing.”
Toomey of Pennsylvania and Mark S. Kirk of Illinois.
Christopher S. Murphy has made the issue something of a litmus test for political giving.
Christopher S. Murphy held the Senate floor in a talking filibuster , with the help of his fellow Democrats, for almost 15 hours, demanding GOP leaders allow votes on gun measures.
Christopher S. Murphy. The Democratic senator hails from Connecticut, where a gunman in 2012 killed 20 young students and six adults at an elementary school.
Christopher S. Murphy’s filibuster to promote gun legislation Wednesday yields much more than “sound and fury signifying nothing,” might well depend on what happened away from the cameras.
Earnest refused to completely close the door on executive actions, saying if a “good idea” comes across Obama ’s desk, “he’s not going to hesitate to act.”