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A key sticking point in the negotiations over a bipartisan gun violence package has become how states can use grant money in that package.

The Senate’s gun violence framework expands mental health treatment, but there's little connection between gun violence and mental illness.

According to my 2006 calendar, I met Connecticut Democratic candidate Christopher S. Murphy on Feb. 28. I had a breakfast speaking engagement in Florida that morning but still got back to Washington, D.C., for a midafternoon interview about his run for the state’s 5th District seat.

House Democrats plan to press forward on voting, starting Wednesday, on a series of gun control proposals, most of which appear to have slim chance to become law amid Republican opposition in the evenly divided Senate.

The actor's advocacy for new gun laws brought him to the White House, where he spoke of talks he has had in his hometown of Uvalde, Texas.

House Democrats plan to press forward on voting on a series of gun control proposals starting Wednesday.

Connecticut Sen. Christopher S. Murphy focuses on what's possible in politics, a trait Democrats should be looking for, Stu Rothenberg writes.

WASHINGTON — Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee advanced a bill Thursday with swath of gun control proposals, setting up a floor vote as early as next week.

A bipartisan group of senators is considering legislation to provide states grants to implement so-called red flag laws.