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Thursday, March 11

Two bills expanding gun background checks pass the House, including one closing the ‘Charleston loophole,’ measures now go to divided Senate

Though the Democratic bills received some GOP support in the House, they’ll need at least 10 Republicans to hop on board if the bills have a chance of clearing a filibuster in the evenly divided Senate. The first bill the House passed Thursday expands the cases where a background check is required. The other closes the “Charleston loophole,” which allowed gun sales to proceed without a background check after three business days.

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