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On the recordMay 24, 2022
We only have a handful of Republicans. And so, it is probably impossible to pass that proposal despite the fact that if you ask the American public if they support, expanded background checks to cover all commercial sales, 90% of Americans support that.
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Chris Murphy
Democratic · Connecticut

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Senator Murphy discusses the challenges of passing the Manchin-Toomey proposal in the Senate.

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