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U.S. Senator Chris Murphy and Senator Richard Blumenthal depart the Senate floor directly after ending a 14-hour filibuster in the hopes of pressuring the U.S. Senate to action on gun control measures, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. June 16, 2016.
A Democratic senator ended a nearly 15-hour-long filibuster on the Senate floor early Thursday, part of an effort to force a vote on gun control legislation following Sunday's terror attack in Orlando. Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., yielded the floor at 2:11 a.m., 14 hours and 50 minutes after he began speaking.
Omar Mateen apparently made a series of Facebook posts in which he raged against the "filthy ways of the west." That's according to a Senate committee.
Sen. Chris Murphy, Conn., took to the Senate floor Wednesday vowing to speak as long as he can until Senate takes up gun legislation. Democratic senators stage 'filibuster' to demand action on gun bills Sen. Chris Murphy, Conn., took to the Senate floor Wednesday vowing to speak as long as he can until Senate takes up gun legislation.
Within hours, the Orlando mass shooting at a LGBT nightclub set off renewed political debates -- with Democrats calling for gun control and Republicans blasting "radical Islamic terrorism." At least 50 people were killed and 53 more wounded Sunday, making it the deadliest mass shooting in American history.
A screenshot of Chris Murphy filibustering on the floor of the Senate Capitol Hill in Washington, on Wednesday, June 15, 2016. A screenshot of Chris Murphy filibustering on the floor of the Senate Capitol Hill in Washington, on Wednesday, June 15, 2016.
Legislators can do more to curb the national heroin epidemic by earmarking federal dollars for treatment beds and resources for police and state agencies, U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy , D-Conn, and U.S. Rep. Jim Himes , D-4, said Tuesday. The legislators met with community leaders from across the region to drum up support for emergency federal funding that would help Connecticut towns battling an alarming rise in overdoses and deaths caused by heroin and prescription opioid abuse.
U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy , D-Conn, and U.S Rep Jim Himes , D-4, on Tuesday will meet with city officials and Fairfield County first responders to discuss a growing opioid epidemic in Connecticut. Both Murphy and Himes will meet with Stamford Mayor David Martin , local law enforcement, first responders, treatment providers, and community organizations to discuss local efforts to address the ongoing heroin and opioid epidemic in Fairfield County.