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Partisan showdown on gun control stalls Senate background check bill

By Susan Ferrechio
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Partisan showdown on gun control stalls Senate background check bill

Senate Democrats on Tuesday were preventing movement on a bill to boost the criminal background check system for gun purchases, even as Republicans kept up the pressure for a quick vote in the wake of this month’s school shooting in Florida.

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Background Checks Bipartisanship Chuck Schumer Congress Gun Control Guns and Firearms John Cornyn John Thune Legislation Mike Lee Mitch McConnell NASA Rand Paul Second Amendment Senate Democrats Susan Ferrechio