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Mayors Urge Senate To Return To Washington For Gun Bill Vote

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Posted on August 8, 2019 · The mayors, including Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, are urging the Senate to vote on two bills already passed by the House expanding background checks for gun sales.

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Posted on October 9, 2018 · A senior administration official said the proposed rule intends to allow E15 sales next summer.

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Posted on July 31, 2018 · The company behind the plans, which is based in Austin, had reached a settlement with the government allowing it to make the blueprints for the guns available for download

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House Bill Would Revive Mothballed Nevada Nuclear Waste Dump

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Posted on May 10, 2018 · The bill would direct the Energy Department to continue a licensing process for Yucca Mountain while also moving forward with a separate plan for a temporary storage site in New Mexico or Texas

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House Passes School Gun Violence Bill, One Month After Florida School Shooting

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Posted on March 14, 2018 · As students walked out of their schools to demand action to prevent gun violence, the House passed the first gun-related measure since the Parkland shooting

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FBI Official: ‘We Clearly Should Have Done More’ In Florida Shooting

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GOP Leaders Move Slowly On Tighter Gun Laws

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Posted on February 27, 2018 · Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he wanted to "at least show some progress toward dealing with one element of the problem"

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Posted on January 25, 2018 · Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., said the Senate should investigate how Dr. Larry Nassar was given unsupervised access to the gymnasts, allowing him to sexually abuse them over decades

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Another GOP Governor Seeks Exclusion From Drilling Proposal

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Posted on January 11, 2018 · South Carolina's Republican governor said Wednesday he is seeking an exemption from the proposed drilling expansion, a move that will test the relationship between Trump and one of his earliest supporters

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Senate Approves Measure Condemning White Nationalists

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Posted on September 12, 2017 · The Senate has approved a resolution condemning white supremacists, neo-Nazis and other hate groups following a white-nationalist rally in Virginia that descended into deadly violence.

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