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Eight years to the day that former Rep. Gabby Giffords was shot at a constituent meeting in Tuscon, Arizona, House Democrats unveiled a universal background check bill they hope to pass within the first 100 days of the new Congress.
On the eighth anniversary of the shooting of former Democratic Rep. Gabby Giffords, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and other Democrats Tuesday announced a bill to expand background checks for sales and transfers of firearms.
The Democratic shift on gun rights has moved at light speed when compared with other political shifts.
NBC Nightly News reported on the “stark warning from the CDC” that fentanyl “has surpassed heroin as the deadliest drug in America for the first time ever.” NBC’s Katie Beck: “The potent opioid [was] responsible for more than 18,000 deaths in 2016, and 29 percent of all overdose deaths – up from four percent in 2011.
On behalf of our five-million members, the National Rifle Association’s Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA) applauds the introduction of H.R. 38, The Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2019.
WASHINGTON, D.C.— U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson (R-NC), chair of the Agriculture and Rural America Task Force, voted in favor of a bipartisan Farm Bill Conference Report that passed the House of Representatives on Wednesday, Dec. 12.
WASHINGTON, D.C. –A report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that fentanyl has become the deadliest drug in the United States as overdoses more than doubled between 2013 and 2016.
WASHINGTON, D.C.— U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson (R-NC) sent a letter to the Federal Aviation Administration to support the contract tower program and ensure Concord-Padgett Regional Airport receives the necessary Airport Improvement Program grants.
House Democrats are planning to move several high-profile bills to combat gun violence soon after they take power in January, underscoring their belief that the political landscape has shifted dramatically on an issue that's plagued American society for decades.
Democrats will act “boldly” to bring “commonsense” gun control reforms to the table, Democratic House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said in a statement.