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Senator Lautenberg at a press conference introducing legislation to close the "gun show loophole." He was joined at the event by Sens. Jack Reed (D-RI) and Dianne Feinstein (D-CA); Paul Helmke, President of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence; Sue Else, President of National Network to End Domestic Violence; and victims and family members of the Virginia Tech tragedy. The victims included Omar Samaha, the brother of Reema Samaha, who was shot and killed at Virginia Tech; and Colin Goddard, who was shot and injured in his classroom at Virginia Tech. The Senators' bill would close the loophole by requiring background checks on sales at gun shows. (April 21, 2009)
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Today in the SenateApril 27, 2009:The Senate will convene at 2:00 p.m. and will be in a period of morning business until 4:20 p.m. with Senators permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes each. Following morning business, the Senate will resume consideration of S. 386, the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act, with the time until 5:20 p.m. equally divided and controlled between the two leaders or their designees. At 5:20 p.m., the Senate will proceed to a cloture vote on S. 386. Under a previous order, if cloture is invoked, all post cloture debate will be yielded back and the pending germane amendments will be disposed of. The vote on passage will occur at 12:00 noon on Tuesday, April 28.
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