Leader of the Senate majority Charles Schumer
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“The Senate will debate and address the epidemic of armed violence in this country,” Schumer said during the speech.
“We have a lot of work to do. I have already pledged to bring universal background legislation to the Senate. Today there is a hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee under the presidency [Dick] Durbin’s leadership will examine several common sense proposals, ”he added.
The House passed legislation this month to expand the background on weapons and Schumer has promised to take it to the upper house floor. But it faces an upward rise in the Senate where, unless Democrats eliminate the filibuster, they would need 60 votes to pass.
Despite bipartisan outrage after deadly shootings, Congress has routinely failed to pass legislation.
The then Republican-controlled Senate opened the door to address gun reforms in 2019 after the shootings in Dayton, Ohio and El Paso, Texas.
Then leader of the majority Mitch McConnell
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“Background checks and red flags are likely to drive the discussion,” he told a Kentucky radio station.
But the debate eventually stalled after talks between senators and the attorney general William Barr
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The Democratic-controlled Senate also failed to pass antitrust legislation in 2013. Four Republicans voted to advance the bill at the time, but four Red State Democrats broke the party’s rank to oppose it.
Schumer noted on Tuesday that he would take a different course, although he faces a tough climb in order to approve a bill.
“This Senate will be different,” he said.