Senate Republicans have already "cast doubt" on hopes for tighter gun-control laws after a shooter killed six people Monday at a private Christian elementary school in Nashville. "I would say we’ve gone about as far as we can go," said Sen. John Cornyn, a Republican from Texas. President Joe Biden, meanwhile, again pressed Congress for an assault weapons ban.
Republicans in their new House majority are laying the groundwork to impeach Department of Homeland Security Security Alejandro Mayorkas, ostensibly for his handling of the surge of migrants at the southern border.
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Republicans condemned violence against anti-abortion groups and reaffirmed protections for infants born after botched abortions. Neither measure is likely to move in the Senate.