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involved in shaping decisions made by Congress On many of these issues including the measure to reduce gun violence that we voted on last week in the Senate we have to make sure the reasonable majority is not...

18 weeks ago But 45 senators were determined to forget They succeeded in blocking every meaningful gun control measure before them on Wednesday depriving even the most diluted public safety measures of...narrowly aimed at preventing bad guys from getting guns cloaked in the anonymity of the Internet or stowed in the trunk of a car parked outside a gun show Yet lobbyists for the National Rifle Association...Sens Mark Warner and Tim Kaine have not forgotten the losses Virginia has experienced as a...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON D C U S Senator Tim Kaine released the following statement regarding the votes today on gun violence measures On the sixth anniversary of the horrible shootings at Virginia Tech yesterday I took...that Professor Librescu s example of selfless courage would embolden my colleagues to vote to reduce gun violence Instead a minority of the Senate chose to use the filibuster to block a 54 member majority...

wide ranging gun control bill with the focus on the background check compromise struck last week between Toomey and Manchin Warner said his Campus Safety Act which is embedded in the gun control legislation...efforts to tighten gun control legislation in Virginia after the Tech shootings I later went to my legislature and tried to get them to fix the background record check by closing the gun show loophole Kaine...senators voted last week to overcome a filibuster threat that would have quashed t...Continue Reading

Now that the Senate has rejected Republican efforts to block consideration of gun control legislation it makes way for weeks of emotional debate WAVY com spoke to Sen Tim Kaine D VA one of the leading...tighter restrictions on background checks for gun buyers on the internet and at gun shows But it does not require background checks in private sales Still gun rights advocates say it s an infringement on...

reducing gun violence Some senators and lobbyists are trying to make sure that no vote can take place This should outrage the strong majority of American citizens who believe in reasonable gun rules to...safety Sen Rand Paul of Kentucky and 11 other senators have promised to filibuster any discussion of gun safety rules Instead of just voting against restrictions they don t like they are trying to block any...tempered by a responsibility to society That s why after extensive discussion with our ...Continue Reading

on gun control legislation saying the NRA s lobbying power shouldn t drown out debate Kaine in an op ed that ran in the Virginian Pilot today said other senators have threatened to filibuster a gun control...who believe in reasonable gun rules to protect public safety He said that he will support legislation to expand background checks for gun purchases saying that 40 percent of gun sales occur without the checks...checks Kaine also said he backs reasonable limits on gun trafficking across state...Continue Reading

published in the Virginian Pilot today Kaine wrote that he is convinced that reasonable limits on gun trafficking across state lines super size magazines and certain combat style weapons make sense and...that left 20 children and several adults dead the Senate is poised to debate measures on reducing gun violence a step that several Republican lawmakers have vowed to filibuster Instead of just voting against...

he introduced the bill Sabato s students grilled Kaine on everything from civility in politics to gun control and gay marriage Kaine campaigned on a return to civility when he ran against former Virginia...like God ever made a second class person He said he plans to support pending legislation limiting gun magazines to 10 bullets each and is favorably inclined to support a prohibition against assault rifles...

country The President also struck the right tone in his call for continued compromise on reducing gun violence and fixing our broken immigration system With bipartisan ideas already on the table we have...