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Many Senate Republicans are not taking a position on the Respect for Marriage Act, a bill that would enshrine the right to same-sex and interracial marriage in federal law. → Read More
The suspected gunman’s background appears to be exactly what lawmakers were targeting in the new law. → Read More
Joe O'Dea, center, is joined by his wife, Celeste, right, daughter Tayler and son-in-law David Freund, back left, before speaking at a Republican primary election night watch party on June 28 in Denver. (David Zalubowski/AP) In a year where Republican primary voters across America have taken a hard right turn toward former president Donald Trump, GOP voters in Colorado made a different choice… → Read More
The legislation represents a crash effort between four wildly different lawmakers thrown together by circumstance and pushed to action by unspeakable tragedies. → Read More
The Senate advanced legislation aimed at stanching acts of mass gun violence past a key procedural hurdle Thursday, voting to close debate and move toward a final vote on a package combining modest new firearms restrictions with $15 billion in mental health and school security funding. The 65-34 vote represented an unlikely breakthrough on the emotional and polarizing question of U.S. gun laws,… → Read More
Tuesday’s Senate vote to advance a narrow bipartisan deal to toughen federal gun laws was, on one level, a political miracle, with 14 Republicans joining Democrats to defy the National Rifle Association and vocal conservative critics — in an election year, no less. Seen another way, however, the strong Republican opposition to a bill that offered only comparatively incremental tweaks to existing… → Read More
The largest and best-funded advocacy groups, including the National Rifle Association, appear to be keeping their options open. → Read More
His backing provided further evidence that the current round of gun-law negotiation might have sufficient GOP support to overcome a filibuster. → Read More
The House select committee held its first prime-time session on June 9 after spending nearly a year investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. (Video: Mahlia Posey/The Washington Post, Photo: Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post) It began with callbacks to the darkest days of American history — to redcoats sacking a young nation’s capital and a legacy of racist violence it has… → Read More
The House votes, however, will amount to little more to a political messaging exercise due to firm Republican opposition to substantial new gun restrictions. → Read More
A small bipartisan group of senators continues delicate talks on a legislative package that could include the first significant new federal gun restrictions in three decades. → Read More
A small bipartisan group of senators continues to work toward a deal that could include some new gun restrictions, but not the assault weapons ban or other measures President Biden called for in a national address. → Read More
In 2018, Florida banned weapons sales to those under 21, imposed a three-day waiting period and created a “red flag” law. Republicans doubt the same can happen at the federal level. → Read More
Republicans said it was premature to debate a response to the recent mass shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde, and expressed serious qualms about the content of the domestic terrorism bill itself. → Read More
The Senate majority leader castigated Republicans for their repeated inaction after mass shootings but said Democrats had no choice but to try again. → Read More
There's rekindled interest on Capitol Hill in pushing through prescription drug legislation before the midterm elections — when Democrats are at risk of losing their congressional majorities and any chance at the sort of aggressive policy they have promised in their campaigns since at least 2006. → Read More
The Senate voted Thursday to deliver more than $40 billion in new military and humanitarian assistance to Ukraine, sending the measure to President Biden after a week-long delay sparked by a lone senator’s objection. → Read More
The no-nonsense senator from Washington has been the single most effective Democratic combatant against Republican attempts to restrict abortion and otherwise roll back reproductive health care rights on Capitol Hill. → Read More
Republicans for months have been on the rhetorical offensive against President Biden and fellow Democrats — hammering them on the Afghanistan withdrawal, on increasing homicide rates, on a chaotic southern border and on seemingly ever-rising inflation. Now they’re the ones searching for the right message. → Read More
The decision to end a public health order used to expel migrants has resounded on the campaign trail as Republicans eye a potent midterm wedge issue. → Read More