The 117th Congress began with the Jan. 6 insurrection and is ending with the Electoral Count Act reform (passing via the omnibus) — a full-circle moment in the effort to protect American democracy.
🚨 NEWS: I'm proud to be part of bipartisan group of 16 Senators that just introduced a bill to rewrite the 1887 Electoral Count Act to prevent attempts to steal the presidency with fraudulent elector slates.
1/ This is important. Here's what the bill does:
We have lots of family who shop at #Greenwood Park Mall in Indiana. They are safe. But too many families tonight again lost a loved one because we are a country of unrestricted weaponry. We are failing every person’s right to be free from gun violence. #EndGunViolence
NBC News: Senator Murphy spoke to reporters as he walked off the Senate floor, saying, "spare me the bullshit about mental illness. We don't have any more mental illness than any other country in the world."