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Some people shouldn’t have guns. Terrorists are at the top of that list.
However, a loophole in federal law allows those on the FBI’s terrorist watch list to walk into a gun store, pass a background check and leave with weapons.
U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) announced Monday a $1,975,339 Emergency Relief grant for the repair or reconstruction of federal-aid highways and roads on federal lands that have suffered serious damage as a result of the Valley fire.
The funds come from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration.
The lawmaker who represents the district where a deadly shooting at an elementary school took place three years ago pointedly stood in silence on the House floor Wednesday.
Rep. Elizabeth Esty (D-Conn.), whose district includes Newtown, noted the coming Dec. 14 anniversary of the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School that killed 20 children. She lamented the repeated moments of silence on the House floor for mass shootings instead of legislative responses.
WASHINGTON — House Democrats are trying another tactic to force a vote to ban suspected terrorists from buying guns, and the House GOP leadership is already knocking the effort.
California Rep. Mike Thompson, the head of the House Democrats’ gun violence task force, filed a “discharge petition” that would automatically force a vote to keep people on the no-fly list from buying guns. If a majority of House members sign on, it forces an automatic vote on the bill — even if GOP leaders oppose it.
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) today announced a $1,975,339 Emergency Relief (ER) grant for the repair or reconstruction of federal-aid highways and roads on federal lands that have suffered serious damage as a result of the Valley Fire. The funds come from the U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) Federal Highway Administration (FHWA).
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5), Chair of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, today filed a discharge petition to bring H.R. 1076, the Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act of 2015, to the floor for a vote. For a discharge petition to be successful, a majority of the House must sign it. If a majority signs the petition, then the House must hold an up-or-down vote to bring the bill to the floor for consideration. The legislation, authored by Rep.
The former Republican congressman who pushed legislation nearly 20 years ago that effectively banned the federal government from funding research on gun violence is calling on Congress to reverse that law.
Amid growing pressure to reverse a ban on gun control research, a former Republican lawmaker now says he has regrets about writing the provision blocking studies.
In a letter released Wednesday, former Rep. Jay Dickey (R-Ark.) disavowed his efforts two decades ago to block gun control research.
Doctors’ groups joined Democrats on Wednesday in calling on the US Congress to lift the ban on the use of federal funds for gun violence research.
A collection of physicians’ groups delivered a petition to the US Capitol signed by more than 2,000 doctors across America seeking a reversal of a 20-year ban that prohibits the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to conduct research on gun violence.
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5), Chair of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, today released a letter from former Republican U.S. Rep. Jay Dickey in which he calls for the Dickey Amendment to be repealed, and for federal research to be conducted on the causes of gun violence, provided that nothing is done to infringe the rights of gun ownership.