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Tweet - "Straw purchases are driving gun violence in Chicago. I have a bipartisan bill to crack down on straw purchases--the Stop Illegal Trafficking in Firearms Act--but it's stuck in Sen. Mitch McConnell's legislative graveyard. The Senate should take up & vote on this bill without delay."

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By: Dick Durbin

Date: Nov. 13, 2019

Issues: Guns

"Straw purchases are driving gun violence in Chicago. I have a bipartisan bill to crack down on straw purchases--the Stop Illegal Trafficking in Firearms Act--but it's stuck in Sen. Mitch McConnell's legislative graveyard. The Senate should take up & vote on this bill without delay."

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