party in congress has been nearly unified, especially on background checks, for example, so a bill to do comprehensive background checks we voted on it in the senate in april of 2013. near unanimity on the democratic side. very few republicans would support it. but two nights ago we took a step forward in the budge tote help fix the records system against which you check gun sales and also to allow research into gun violence. these were two things we could not have gotten done in the past because republicans were blocking them along with the nra, but the active engagement of young people convinced congress, we better do something. now, i think some in congress hope, well, if we do this two days before the march, maybe these young kids will say thanks and go away. but i was marching in richmond. i had a lot of friend marching in d.c. these youngsters aren t going away, and we need them. so often in the history of our country it s been young people whose advocacy has turned the