Senate. There havent been debates in committees. Im not saying we arent doing important work but there are 30,000 people dying every day on the streets of this country. And those that they leave behind, their moms and their dads and their Little Sisters and brothers dont get the total indifference that we portray. And i know that were not indifferent. I know in talking to my republican colleagues that they feel just as deeply about the loss in orlando, about the loss in new haven or chicago or newark as we do. I know that theres a commonality of emotion here that betrays the story line that we portray to the American People. And so this exercise over the course of the last 14 hours has been in many ways a plea for this body to find a way to come together on answers because it is devastating, it is devastating to the families who live through this trauma to watch the United States senate do nothing, absolutely nothing week after week. Think about that. Sandy hook was four years ago, thr
To demand the shutdown of the government, basically. But when chris murphy held the floor in the senate last night for 15 hours, he not only held the floor for that truly remarkable length of time, he also did something that is basically unheard of in the modern history of filibusters and even long speeches in the United States senate. Which is that at the end of his 15 hours, last night at 2 00 in the morning, senator chris murphy of connecticut, he won. By virtue of that filibuster, he actually got what he was asking for. I mean, overall, he was there to protest gun violence in this country r. Test. In the specific what he was asking for were senate votes on two things. Senate vote on blocking people on the terrorist watch list from being able to buy guns. A senate vote on closing that loophole for background chen checks. That that loophole that says you can avoid a background check if you buy a gun online or at a gun show. Thats what he was asking for in speck, votes on those two th
Protesting the bush tax cuts. Senator rand paul did this to protest the patriot act. Ted cruz did Something Like this to demand the shutdown of the government, basically. But when chris murphy held the floor in the senate last night for 15 hours, he not only held the floor for that truly remarkable length of time, he also did something that is basically unheard of in the modern history of filibusters and even long speeches in the United States senate. Which is that at the end of his 15 hours, last night at 2 00 in the morning, senator chris murphy of connecticut, he won. By virtue of that filibuster, he actually got what he was asking for. I mean, overall, he was there to protest gun violence in this country r. Test. In the specific what he was asking for were senate votes on two things. Senate vote on blocking people on the terrorist watch list from being able to buy guns. A senate vote on closing that loophole for background chen checks. That that loophole that says you can avoid a b
Senate for 15 hours without sitting down. Without leaving the floor. Without so much as a bathroom break. And senators filibuster, senators do stuff like this from time to time, senator sanders did a version of this in 2010, protesting the bush tax cuts. Senator rand paul did this to protest the patriot act. Ted cruz did Something Like this to demand the shutdown of the government, basically. But when chris murphy held the floor in the senate last night for 15 hours, he not only held the floor for that truly remarkable length of time, he also did something that is basically unheard of in the modern history of filibusters and even long speeches in the United States senate. Which is that at the end of his 15 hours, last night at 2 00 in the morning, senator chris murphy of connecticut, he won. By virtue of that filibuster, he actually got what he was asking for. I mean, overall, he was there to protest gun violence in this country r. Test. In the specific what he was asking for were sena
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