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Baldwin reads victims’ names during Senate filibsuter

June 16, 2016 By WRN Contributor

Wisconsin’s Tammy Baldwin was among the U.S. Senate Democrats who staged a 15 hour filibuster that ended when Republicans agreed to hold votes on two gun control measures.

Baldwin posted on Twitter during the filibuster: “The victims will not be forgotten & silence is not enough. #OrlandoUnited #Enough #Filibuster.”

Baldwin also read the names and life stories of the Orlando victims.

Connecticut Democrat Chris Murphy says a compromise was reached early Thursday, in which Senate leaders agreed have votes to expand background checks for gun buyers on the Internet and at gun shows — and barring those on the U.S. terrorist watch list from having gun licenses.

Murphy began the filibuster in response to Sunday’s Orlando shooting massacre that killed 49 people at a gay nightclub.

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