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Murphy urges security review of Saudi stake in Twitter - Roll Call

Sen. Murphy seeks a security review of a Saudi stake in Twitter, saying a foreign power could influence a government communications tool.

Roll Call · Nov 1, 2022

Border politics threaten push to boost spending on migrant aid

Partisan division over U.S.-Mexico border security threatens to tank a Democratic effort this month to ramp up federal grant funds to help migrants who recently crossed the border, including those whom Republican-led states have bused and flown across the country.

Tribune News Service · Sep 22, 2022

Border politics threaten push to boost spending on migrant aid - Roll Call

Division over U.S.-Mexico border security threatens to tank a Democratic effort this month to ramp up federal grant funds to help migrants.

Roll Call · Sep 22, 2022

Grant funding becomes sticking point in gun negotiations - Roll Call

A key sticking point in the negotiations over a bipartisan gun violence package has become how states can use grant money in that package.

Roll Call · Jun 17, 2022

Mental health becomes focal point of Senate gun framework - Roll Call

The Senate’s gun violence framework expands mental health treatment, but there's little connection between gun violence and mental illness.

Roll Call · Jun 15, 2022

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.

Roll Call · Jun 13, 2022

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.

Roll Call · Jun 12, 2022

This weekend brings another March For Our Lives

WASHINGTON — David Hogg is exhausted.

Tribune News Service · Jun 10, 2022

This weekend brings another March For Our Lives - Roll Call

“I’m tired of being here … doing the job of what our senators should be doing,” Parkland survivor David Hogg said ahead of Saturday’s march.

Roll Call · Jun 9, 2022

Stuart Rothenberg: What’s next for Chris Murphy?

According to my 2006 calendar, I met Connecticut Democratic candidate Christopher S. Murphy on Feb. 28. I had a breakfast speaking engagement in Florida that morning but still got back to Washington, D.C., for a midafternoon interview about his run for the state’s 5th District seat.

Tribune News Service · Jun 8, 2022