Tag: Chris Murphy

For months, Joe Manchin was the Democrat with all the leverage. At the end, even he had to cede some ground. After Manchin agreed with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer ...

WASHINGTON — Senators have moved to the brink of an agreement on a bipartisan gun violence bill, Democrats’ lead negotiator said Tuesday, potentially teeing up votes this week on an ...

Senators are expected to release the long-awaited text of their bipartisan gun safety bill later Tuesday, setting up a possible floor vote on final passage by the end of the ...

Senate negotiators are racing to finalize legislative text for a gun safety bill, aiming to hold a vote on the final product before Congress leaves for recess in less than ...

A group of 20 senators struck a bipartisan gun safety framework on Sunday, marking a significant breakthrough in Congress’ attempts to address recent back-to-back mass shootings. In a Sunday morning ...

House Democrats are poised to pass a gun safety package Wednesday that will stall in the Senate — an emotionally-charged effort to push their counterparts across the Capitol after a ...

President Joe Biden on Monday said he believes there’s a “realization” among “rational Republicans” that the nation “can’t continue like this,” after a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers ...

Sen. Chris Murphy said Sunday he sees hopes for bipartisan legislation designed to help reduce the nation’s epidemic of mass shootings. “I’m at the table in a more significant way ...

The Onion blanked its homepage with the same article it has posted in response to many other pass mass shootings, skewering the idea that such atrocities cannot be stopped. ‘No ...

Chuck Schumer is avoiding a quick Senate vote on gun legislation that would almost surely fail, choosing to hold out hope that the latest mass shooting will finally unstick a ...