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Services Committees joined a bipartisan group of Senators to introduce a compromise proposal to help keep guns from terrorists and make America safer The measure would prohibit those on the No Fly List or the...a bystander to this carnage of gun violence that is going on in the United States Kaine said during a press conference in the Capitol today There will be no meaningful gun safety reforms done in this body...

A group of nine senators on Tuesday unveiled a bipartisan compromise aimed at keeping guns out of terrorists hands in the wake of the June 12 Orlando shooting The legislation spearheaded by Sen Susan Collins...list and the government s selectee list used for extensive screening at airports from purchasing a gun The bill would allow U S citizens and green card holders to appeal a decision blocking his or her purchase...attempt to buy a gun Our goal is simple and straightforward We want to make Am...Continue Reading

Va announced a proposal to help keep guns from terrorists The bipartisan announcement is a measure that would prevent people who are on no fly lists from buying guns The senators mentioned Tuesday that...Congress rejected proposals to keep guns out of extremists hands Monday s vote came in the wake of a 15 hour filibuster that was spearheaded by Sen Chris Murphy D Conn However gun control measures on boths sides...

in the long stalemate in Congress over tightening the nation s gun laws a bipartisan group of senators called on Tuesday for banning gun sales to terrorism suspects on the government s no fly list The...while modest puts new muscle and momentum behind what would be one of the few restrictions placed on gun ownership in the past 20 years The push for the compromise bill led by Senator Susan Collins Republican...refused to advance any of four measures intended to make it harder for suspected terro...Continue Reading

measures to reduce gun violence failed in the Senate today Today my colleagues and I were given the opportunity to cease being bystanders and finally start taking action on the issue of gun violence The proposed...proposed measures to prevent known or suspected terrorists from purchasing guns and to subject all private gun sales to background checks are both commonsense and popular and it s appalling that we couldn...couldn t get them passed Virginians are far too familiar with the consequences ...Continue Reading

added his voice to the renewed push for legislative action to combat gun violence Kaine reflected on how Virginia has been affected by gun violence including the horrific shooting of WDBJ s Alison Parker and...a result of the filibuster an agreement was reached with Senate Republicans to vote on commonsense gun reform amendments to the Commerce Justice Science and Related Agencies Appropriations bill The amendments...long supported a comprehensive approach to curbing gun violence including the e...Continue Reading

filibuster against gun violence It was the ninth longest Senate filibuster in U S history Murphy along with some of his Democratic colleagues used the time to argue for stricter gun control specifically...specifically to expand universal background checks to cover gun show and Internet sales and to prevent people on terrorist watch lists from buying firearms Several senators made speeches during the marathon filibuster...D Connecticut A disturbed individual charged into a classroom at Umpqua Com...Continue Reading

seized the Senate floor and embarked on a nearly 15 hour long filibuster in order to secure a vote on gun control legislation He was joined by more than 35 of his colleagues both Democrats and Republicans...

to force the Senate to take action to address gun violence U S Senator Time Kaine added his voice to the renewed push for legislative action to combat gun violence during the more than fifteen hour filibuster...filibuster Kaine reflected on how Virginia has been affected by gun violence We ve got scar tissue in my Commonwealth we ve got scar tissue in this country and we ve got scar tissue personally said Kaine...a result of the filibuster an agreement was reached with Senate Republicans to vote...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON D C On National Gun Violence Awareness Day U S Senator Tim Kaine announced his support for two pieces of legislation to address gun violence one that would lift a de facto twenty year ban on...on firearms safety and gun violence prevention research at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC and another that would dramatically strengthen background record checks on all private and online...support the CDC Research on Firearms Safety or Gun Violence Prevention Act and the Fix...Continue Reading