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McConnell: Dems skipped FBI’s brief on Orlando to join filibuster

By Pete Kasperowicz

Published June 16, 2016 3:10pm ET

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McConnell: Dems skipped FBI’s brief on Orlando to join filibuster — "Senate Republicans attended and asked serious questions," McConnell said. "A rather significant group of Senate Democrats skipped it, skipped the briefing altogether for a campaign talkathon out here on the Senate floor, which also prevented us from going forward on the bill." (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg, File) | Andrew Harrer

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said Thursday that many Senate Democrats skipped the FBI’s classified briefing on Wednesday about the Orlando shooting attack that killed dozens, and instead chose to participate in a “filibuster” over gun control.

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