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Analysis: Two key words could sink long-shot talks on preventing mass shootings

WASHINGTON — There are many reasons to doubt Congress will send President Joe Biden any legislation to slow a spate of mass shootings, including two key words: “directly related.”

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‘Directly related’: Two key words could sink long-shot talks on preventing mass shootings - Roll Call

Democrats are skeptical about striking a deal with Republicans to help prevent more mass shootings, which are a new American tradition.

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Senators talk expanded gun background checks, red flag laws

A bipartisan group of senators is considering how Congress should respond to the horrific shooting of 19 children and two teachers in Uvalde, Texas

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Bipartisan gun group hyper-focused on realistic legislation

"This feels different right now."

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Senators call decision not to prosecute FBI agents in Larry Nassar case 'infuriating' - Roll Call

Two key senators said the decision not to prosecute FBI agents who did not act on reports of abuse by Larry Nassar was "infuriating."

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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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‘Another Sandy Hook:’ Connecticut lawmakers, officials respond to hauntingly familiar shooting in Texas

HARTFORD, Conn. — Connecticut’s lawmakers said they were heartbroken Tuesday at the news of a deadly Texas elementary school shooting that is hauntingly familiar to the elementary school massacre that took 26 lives in Newtown 10 years ago.

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Biden renews calls for Congress to 'stand up' to gun lobby after Texas school shooting - Roll Call

No sooner than President Joe Biden had returned home, he was speaking to the country Tuesday as mourner-in-chief after another mass shooting.

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Garcetti's nomination remains stalled in Senate

WASHINGTON — Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti's nomination to be ambassador to India is dangling by a thread in the Senate, with several Democrats continuing to express hesitation over the nomination.

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Analysis: Rick Scott has no regrets about calling for Biden to resign as both sides go bare knuckles

WASHINGTON — A key Republican senator this week called on President Joe Biden to resign, something that once was done scarcely. But Sen. Rick Scott has no regrets.

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Rick Scott has no regrets about calling for Biden to resign as both sides go bare knuckles - Roll Call

A key Republican senator has no regrets about calling for Joe Biden to resign as the president sharpens his midterms message.

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Abortion rights message scrawled in chalk outside Sen Susan Collins’ Maine home prompts police response

The message outside of the Maine Senator’s home ‘was not overly threatening’, according to authorities

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Schumer says vote to save Roe is not an ‘abstract exercise’ and ‘is as real and as high stakes as it gets’

Democrats are pushing for their legislation to codify the protections in Roe v Wade despite little likelihood it can pass

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Top Democrat on abortion legislation blasts Collins-Murkowski bill as insufficient

Senator Richard Blumenthal says from the Maine Republican are inaccurate

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Democrats promise to fight for abortion rights but have few options

WASHINGTON — Democrats on Capitol Hill were spitting fire Tuesday in the wake of the leak of a Supreme Court draft ruling overturning abortion rights, but acknowledged their hands are tied unless voters deliver them a strong majority in Congress this fall.

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Lawmakers fret over dwindling Javelin supply

Several lawmakers are calling on Biden to trigger the Defense Production Act amid conflict in Ukraine.

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Defense contractors expected to struggle to meet weapons demand - Roll Call

Defense manufacturers will struggle to quickly replace the weapons the U.S. and others are providing Ukraine, witnesses told a Senate panel.

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Aid to restaurants, businesses faces Senate headwinds - Roll Call

The Senate may soon test the bipartisan limits on pandemic spending as Democratic leaders prepare for action on a small-business aid package.

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Senators say Pentagon must do more to help Ukraine defeat Russia - Roll Call

Senators pressed Defense Department leaders to send more weapons to Ukraine more quickly, with the goal of defeating Russia.

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Scoop: Sen. Blumenthal has "concerns" about Eric Garcetti's ambassadorial nomination

The L.A. mayor has been tapped as envoy to India but is facing management questions back home.

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Ahead of the Final Four, Democrats weigh college athletes’ struggles

Democrats in the House and Senate highlighted inequities facing women's sports and how some athletes go hungry while coaches make millions.

Miami Herald

What happens next for Supreme Court nominee Jackson after contentious hearings?

WASHINGTON — Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson remains on a straight path to the nation’s high court, but her nomination could face a few hurdles as it approaches the finish line.

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‘We have never had this moment before’: Kentanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court confirmation hearing

WASHINGTON — Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson spent more than four hours Monday with her hands folded in front of her at the witness table, often smiling broadly as members of the Senate Judiciary Committee spoke in turn about the coming days of the confirmation hearing.

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Ketanji Brown Jackson speaks at her confirmation hearing – finally

Nominee talked of ‘historic chance’ to be the first Black woman on supreme court – but first she had to listen to a lot of white men

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‘We have never had this moment before’: Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court confirmation hearing - Roll Call

Ketanji Brown Jackson made remarks in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee as the first Black woman nominated to the Supreme Court.

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