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After Boulder Shooting, Vice President Harris Says Senate Needs To Act

Harris downplays the role of executive action in tightening gun laws after recent mass shootings, saying legislation would make changes permanent.

Vice President Harris urged the Senate to approve two House-passed gun control measures in the wake of mass shootings in Boulder, Colo., and Atlanta, downplaying the role of executive action and saying changes needed to be made permanent through legislation.

"Enough with the partisanship, enough with the ideological perspective on this. Let's just be

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