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Gun bill expands school safety spending beyond security

WASHINGTON — Mill Creek Township School District in Pennsylvania plans to upgrade its surveillance cameras, radios and a door monitoring system with a $500,000 federal grant, one of hundreds awarded across the country over the past four years as part of a $1 billion program Congress passed to address school…

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Gun bill expands school safety spending beyond security - Roll Call

Congress now appears poised to spend even more to bolster physical security at local schools in response to a recent wave of mass shootings.

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Senate Judiciary Committee ties on Biden pick to lead ATF

WASHINGTON — The Senate Judiciary Committee deadlocked on President Joe Biden’s pick to be the nation’s top gun regulator Thursday amid a nascent effort to pass legislation following a wave of mass shootings across the country.

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Senate Judiciary Committee ties on Biden pick to lead ATF - Roll Call

The Senate Judiciary Committee deadlocked on President Joe Biden’s pick to be the nation’s top gun regulator Thursday.

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Lawmakers who ran on ‘SALT’ relief prepare to face voters

WASHINGTON — Democrats are short on time to act on a budget package containing much of President Joe Biden’s domestic agenda before November’s midterm elections, which could spell trouble for an issue that’s animated some tight House races before: the cap on deducting state and local taxes.

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Primary takeaways: How to deal with Trump; and the Texas blues - Roll Call

South Carolina Rep. Nancy Mace won, while GOP colleague Tom Rice lost and their party flipped a Texas seat in Tuesday's elections.

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House Jan. 6 committee uses video to press GOP congressman on Jan. 5 Capitol tour

WASHINGTON — The House Committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection pressed Rep. Barry Loudermilk, R-Ga., on Wednesday to discuss a tour he gave of the Capitol complex on Jan. 5 by releasing security footage of an unidentified person on the tour taking photos and video of mundane areas of…

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Lawmakers who ran on 'SALT' relief prepare to face voters - Roll Call

Democrats who previously campaigned on addressing the cap on deducting state and local taxes are running out of time to do so.

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Jan. 6 panel shows man from Loudermilk tour threatening lawmakers near Capitol on day of riot - Roll Call

Video released by the Jan. 6 committee raises questions about members of a group Rep. Barry Loudermilk hosted the previous day.

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Key senators want gun overhaul bill written this week - Roll Call

A bipartisan agreement on gun laws needs to be drafted as a bill this week to have a chance of passage before July Fourth, key senators say.

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Senators announce bipartisan framework for gun legislation in wake of mass shootings

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of senators on Sunday announced it had reached a framework for enacting modest gun restrictions, such as closing loopholes and increasing background checks for gun purchases by people between 18 and 21, in response to a recent spate of mass shootings that included a massacre…

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Senators announce bipartisan framework for gun legislation in wake of mass shootings

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Senators announce bipartisan framework on gun legislation in wake of mass shootings

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of senators on Sunday announced it had reached a framework for enacting modest gun restrictions while beefing up school security and enhancing mental health treatment in response to a recent spate of mass shootings that included a massacre at a Texas elementary school.

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Bipartisan Senate group strikes gun deal focused on school safety, mental health - Roll Call

A deal reached by 10 Democratic and GOP senators should have enough support to clear a filibuster, but doesn’t go as far as the House did.

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Analysis: Rare sense of ‘anxiety and urgency’ drives bipartisan talks on gun safety in Congress

WASHINGTON — It didn’t happen after 13 people were killed at Columbine in 1999, when 26 were gunned down in Newtown in 2012 or when 17 people were murdered at Parkland in 2018.

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Analysis: Rare sense of ‘anxiety and urgency’ drives bipartisan talks on gun safety in Congress

WASHINGTON — It didn’t happen after 13 people were killed at Columbine in 1999, when 26 were gunned down in Newtown in 2012 or when 17 people were murdered at Parkland in 2018.

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House passes gun bill with age restriction, other proposals

WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives passed a package of gun violence prevention measures on a mostly party-line vote Wednesday evening, even as the bill faces little hope of clearing the evenly divided Senate.

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The House of Representatives passed a package of gun control measures on a mostly party-line vote Wednesday.

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Democrats set up votes on gun legislation as Senate negotiates

House Democrats plan to press forward on voting, starting Wednesday, on a series of gun control proposals, most of which appear to have slim chance to become law amid Republican opposition in the evenly divided Senate.

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Democrats set up votes on gun legislation as Senate negotiates - Roll Call

House Democrats plan to press forward on voting on a series of gun control proposals starting Wednesday.

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Resurrected budget package no slam dunk as negotiations heat up

WASHINGTON — Democrats face big obstacles and a deadline measured in weeks as they attempt to salvage a scaled-down tax, climate and health care package that could give them a boost ahead of the November elections.

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Resurrected budget package no slam dunk as negotiations heat up

Democrats face big obstacles and a deadline measured in weeks as they attempt to salvage a scaled-down tax, climate and health care package.

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Power Rankings: Rick Scott, McConnell soar as Democrats look for a win at start of hectic June - Roll Call

As President Biden tries pivoting to an economic message, Senate Republicans dominate the top five on our list of Washington's power players.

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Photos of the week ending May 27, 2022 - Roll Call

The Senate largely had the Capitol to itself this week, a somber one because of the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.

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Senators debate red flag law grants after Texas shooting - Roll Call

A bipartisan group of senators is considering legislation to provide states grants to implement so-called red flag laws.

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