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Schumer vows vote on background checks after latest shooting

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WASHINGTON – Senate Democrats say they are pushing toward a vote on expanded gun control measures as the nation reels from its second mass shooting in a week.

But prospects for any major reform are dim, for now, in the closely divided Congress. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer vowed Tuesday morning to bring to the Senate floor legislation passed by the House that would require background checks for most gun sales and transfers.

He said the Senate “must confront a devastating truth” after a lack of congressional action on the issue for almost three decades. “This Senate will be different,” said Schumer, D-N.Y. “The Senate is going to debate and address the epidemic of gun violence in this country.” The Senate Judiciary Committee was

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