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Axios Biden demands Congress tighten gun laws in wake of Boulder, Atlanta shootings President Biden on Tuesday urged Congress to pass gun control legislation, including two House-approved bills to expand background checks, and renew bans on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines.Why it matters: They were some of Biden’s most forceful comments on gun control since he was elected, and they came in the wake of a mass shooting in Boulder, Colorado, on Monday and a series of shootings in… Source link

Democrats may control the White House and both chambers of Congress, but there’s still one thing standing in their way: the Senate filibuster. While the Senate was originally designed to run by simple majority rule, over the past few decades the filibuster has made it so the majority of legislation requires a 60-vote “supermajority” to pass — something that’s next to impossible to accomplish with a 50-50 split between Democrats and Republicans. Adam Jentleson, author of “Kill… Source link