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Grant funding becomes sticking point in gun negotiations
Christopher S. Murphy, D-Conn., who is leading negotiations for Democrats, told reporters Wednesday the issues can be overcome.
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Christopher S. Murphy, D-Conn., who is leading negotiations for Democrats, told reporters Wednesday the issues can be overcome.
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Matson/CQ Roll Call Despite another deadly shooting, protecting gun rights still trumps protecting lives, as March 24’s “Good news about guns” shows. R.J.
Connecticut Democrat Christopher S.
Christopher S. Murphy of Connecticut sounding cautiously optimistic.
Christopher S. Murphy’s gun background-check legislation — were arrested by Capitol Police.
Christopher S. Murphy, Catherine Cortez Masto, Richard J. Durbin and Richard Blumenthal spoke about expanding background checks for gun purchases. Sen.
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, who led the filibuster, said before the votes that he wasn’t certain of the outcome but believed it was important to put senators on the record.
Christopher S. Murphy has made the issue something of a litmus test for political giving.
By the latter standard, the monologue marathon that Democrat Christopher S. Murphy of Connecticut engineered last week was much more the exception than the rule.
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.
Ryan ’s opposition to the effort because of the need to protect due process rights. “We disagree with Speaker Ryan about many things.