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Sen. Chris Murphy, who helped broker the failed border security package, says it's 'worrying' that Mitch McConnell couldn't deliver more votes: 'No one is in charge over there'
"I mean, no one is in charge over there right now," Murphy told Politico Magazine of the Senate GOP…
John L. Dorman
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Senator Chris Murphy on his decades long-fight for gun reform: 'We value white life in this country more than Black life'
Murphy, a Democrat from Connecticut, has been at the forefront of the bipartisan gun legislation.
Isabella Zavarise
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Sen. Chris Murphy says raising the age to buy AR-15-style rifles is off the table in gun-control talks
Instead of raising the age, Murphy said there'll be "some provision that recognizes these 18- to 21…
Jake Lahut
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Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy says bipartisan gun reform talks don't involve an assault weapons ban, expanded background checks
"I've never been part of negotiations as serious as these," Murphy said of the current bipartisan t…
John L. Dorman
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The US should punish Saudi Arabia by taking away its air-defense systems and putting them in Ukraine, Sen. Chris Murphy says
The proposal by Democratic senator Chris Murphy came after after Saudi Arabia working with Russia a…
Tom Porter
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Sen. Chris Murphy says he'd 'settle' for scaled-back gun control measures 'because that will save lives'
"I won't let the perfect be the enemy of the good," Murphy said as he spoke of the realities of Sen…
John L. Dorman
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Chris Murphy texted 'Are you serious?' to Kyrsten Sinema after she expressed interest in Senate gun reform talks: NYT
Sinema has stymied some of President Joe Biden's biggest domestic agenda items, but was fully onboa…
John L. Dorman
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Senators just released legislative text for the 'Bipartisan Safer Communities Act,' including the most significant new gun restrictions since the 1990s. Here's what's in the bill.
The bill would close the "boyfriend loophole, support states enacting "red flag" laws, and increase…
Bryan Metzger,Lauren Frias
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Mitch McConnell says he's 'comfortable' with with the deal on gun legislation struck by senators Murphy and Cornyn and may even vote for it
"I'm comfortable with the framework, and if the legislation ends up reflecting what the framework i…
Bryan Metzger
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Rick Scott could be the dealmaker on guns. Instead, he's MIA.
A law Rick Scott signed as Florida governor after the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School mass sho…
Nicole Gaudiano,Warren Rojas
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Mitch McConnell signals willingness to work with Democrats after Uvalde school shooting but doesn't endorse specific gun safety proposals
McConnell said he instructed Texas Sen. John Cornyn, a Republican, to work with Democrats who are t…
Kayla Epstein
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Chris Murphy once again pleads with the Senate to act on gun violence after deadly Texas Elementary School shooting, nearly a decade after Sandy Hook
"Just days after a shooter walked into a grocery store to gun down African-American patrons, we hav…
Brent D. Griffiths
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A Democratic senator with student debt says his party 'spends a little bit too much time' on loan forgiveness without addressing the cost of a degree
"I'm one of the few members of the Senate that still has student debt," Sen. Chris Murphy said on F…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Sen. Murphy proposes not funding police departments that don't enforce gun safety laws, such as the red flag laws
Murphy, a staunch gun control advocate, questioned continuing to "fund law enforcement in states wh…
Katie Balevic
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US lawmakers overwhelmingly praise Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's speech to Congress: 'It was terribly effective'
"There's no way you can come out of that speech without thinking to yourself what more can we do to…
John L. Dorman,Bryan Metzger,…
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Sen. Chris Murphy says Democrats 'have a chance' to pass background check legislation in the wake of the Atlanta and Boulder shootings
Murphy told NBC's "Meet the Press" he was working to get 60 votes in support of stronger background…
Connor Perrett
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'Potentially catastrophic': Sen. Chris Murphy sounds the alarm on the Trump administration not briefing the Biden team on COVID-19 vaccine distribution
"There needs to be an integration between Trump's team and Biden's team to assure a clean hand-off …
Grace Panetta
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'You cannot, at the same time, love America and hate democracy': Sen. Chris Murphy rips into GOP colleagues supporting Trump's failed efforts to overturn election
"This is a party that has a whole bunch of enemies of democracy inside its top ranks. That's bone-c…
Azmi Haroun
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Biden is fighting a 'low-intensity war' against Iran-backed militants, and it's causing tensions with fellow Democrats
Biden is facing growing accusations from fellow Democrats of waging what's effectively an undeclare…
John Haltiwanger
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Most Democratic senators are calling for Sen. Bob Menendez to resign in the wake of his bribery indictment
So far, the Democratic senators who have called for Menendez's resignation are mostly those facing …