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Two crossed lines that form an X . It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification. The lawn outside the US Capitol is covered with 7,000 pairs of empty shoes to memorialize the 7,000 children killed by gun violence since the Sandy Hook school shooting, in a display organized by the global advocacy group Avaaz, in Washington, DC, March 13, 2018. SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.
Democrats have the House, Senate and White House, giving them a chance to pass gun safety laws.
Gun control bills prove divisive Rep. Madison Cawthorn speaks on HR1446 on March 11. CSPAN screenshot
A pair of gun control bills passed the U.S. House of Representatives last week and are now heading for the Senate. Republican Rep. Madison Cawthorn kept a campaign promise to vote against such proposals, delivering a fiery speech on the House floor telling Democrats that “here in real America, when we say, ‘come and take it,’” referring to a popular Second Amendment rallying cry, “we damn well mean it.”
Cawthorn also said that he spoke for millions of Americans, and specifically, the 700,000 people in his district, but as debate over HR8 and HR1446 continues, there’s at least one constituent in his district who disagrees.
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Congressman Tom Suozzi co-sponsored both pieces of anti-gun violence legislation that the U.S. House of Representatives approved on Thursday. (Cheriss May / Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, D.C. The United States House of Representatives on Thursday approved two bills that would expand background checks on sales of firearms and potentially lead to curbing gun violence. Congressman Tom Suozzi (D NY) cosponsored both pieces of legislation, according to a news release from his office.
Approximately 43,000 people in the United States died to gun violence in 2020, including 23,000 who took their own life via gun, Suozzi said.
Linda Beigel Schulman, a Dix Hills resident and a constituent of Suozzi s, lost her son, Scott, in 2018 during the Parkland shooting. They have since worked together on Long Island to advocate for gun-violence prevention laws and to share what they feel should be a non-partisan issue, according to Suozzi. Long Island
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Kathy Castor on American Rescue Plan, Cuba and gun safety bills
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WMNF’s MidPoint Monday spoke with
U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (D-Tampa) about the American Rescue Plan, about two gun safety bills that just passed the House (H.R. 8 and H.R. 1446) and about Cuba policy.
“Thankfully, President Biden followed through with his promise to keep that $1,400 stimulus payment on track. The $600 at the end of the year, that was a down payment. Many of my GOP colleagues didn’t want to do any more than that.
“But we know that so many of our neighbors are still trying to stabilize their lives due to COVID-19 and that economic turmoil it brought. So yes, some of those payments are arriving in bank accounts already. It will be very important that folks file their tax returns.