Senate Judiciary chairman says he 'can't keep up' with number of mass shootings

Republican senator compares mass shootings to drunk driving during hearing on gun violence

GOP lawmaker has ‘A’ rating from NRA

At Senate gun violence hearing, Atlanta and Boulder shootings do not budge GOP, Democratic divides

Committee Chair Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) attends a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on “Constitutional and Common Sense Steps to Reduce Gun Violence” on Tuesday, March 23, 2021 in Washington, D.C. | Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images“We face a pandemic of coronavirus. We have another epidemic in America called guns,” said Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., the Senate Judiciary Committee chair. …

Republicans spew outrageous nonsense at Senate gun violence hearing

Flags were flying at full staff for only a few hours between Monday—when they were at half staff due to last week's Atlanta spa shootings—and when President Biden ordered them back to half staff to honor the victims of the Boulder, Colorado, supermarket shootings. Ten people were killed in Boulder; eight were killed in Atlanta.Biden spoke Tuesday, calling on the Senate to "immediately pass the two House-passed bills that close holes in the backg…

Following mass shootings, Senate Judiciary advances four pro-gun measures Tuesday

Hours after 10 people, including a police officer, were killed in a mass shooting in Boulder, Colorado, and days after a mass shooting in Atlanta left eight people dead, the

What to do about gun violence in America? U.S. Senate divided over right answers after recent shootings

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Nexstar) -- Hours after a gunman opened fire in a grocery store in Boulder, Colorado, lawmakers are once again debating gun safety. The U.S. Senate scheduled a hearing on reducing gun violence last week after the Atlanta spa shootings that left eight people dead. Tuesday, Democrats stressed the urgency for Congress to act.Connecticut Democrat Richard Blumenthal says Congress needs to pass strict gun laws and blames Republicans …

Senate Holds Hearing On Gun Violence Amid Raft Of Grisly Gun Deaths

Democrats in charge of the Senate called a hearing on gun violence last week, not knowing it would come less than 24 hours after yet another deadly shooting.