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Senate passes first major federal gun safety legislation in decades

US District Court Judge Esther Salas, left, and Sen. Rand Paul.

Sen. Rand Paul refuses to meet with federal judge -- whose son was killed -- about a privacy bill he is blocking

Ranking member Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) questions witnesses during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on February 23, 2021 in Washington, DC.

Republican senators slow to embrace gun framework

Senator Cynthia Lummis, a Republican from Wyoming, speaks during the Bitcoin 2022 conference in Miami, Florida, U.S., on Friday, April 8, 2022. The Bitcoin 2022 four-day conference is touted by organizers as "the biggest Bitcoin event in the world." Photographer: Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Conservative Wyoming senator rethinking gun legislation after constituents flood her office with calls urging action

WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 20: Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., questions witnesses during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Jim Crow 2021: The Latest Assault on the Right to Vote on Capitol Hill April 20, 2021 in Washington, DC. The committee is hearing testimony on voting rights in the U.S. (Photo by Bill Clark-Pool/Getty Images)

GOP concerns remain key obstacle in congressional gun talks

Republican Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina walks to a vote at the US Capitol June 6, 2022.

Key GOP senators signal that raising age to buy semiautomatic weapons is off the table