
24 Senate Democrats Urge Obama To Sidestep Congress For Gun Control
On Monday, 24 Senate Democrats urged President Obama to circumvent Congress by using executive action to expand background checks to cover private gun sales.

On Monday, 24 Senate Democrats urged President Obama to circumvent Congress by using executive action to expand background checks to cover private gun sales.

Friday on MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) said presidential candidates and Congress were “complicit” in mass shootings like the one in Oregon yesterday because they are not endorsing and passing gun control laws. Blumenthal said, “My hope

Amid the anti-trophy hunting hysteria sweeping certain parts of the country following the death of Cecil the Lion, Democrat senators have introduced the Conserving Ecosystems by Ceasing the Importation of Large (CECIL) Animal Trophies Act.

Senators Chris Murphy (D-CT) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) are urging President Obama to use executive power to unilaterally change the way background checks for gun purchases are handled.

On February 4, Representative Elizabeth Esty (D-CT-5th Dist.) introduced a bill to ban “high capacity” ammunition magazines, and it was supported by 100 Democrat cosponsors.