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IL: Durbin in familiar role as he approaches record tenure in Senate
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A key issue in Durbin's first Senate victory was gun control. Durbin ran ads featuring former White House press secretary James Brady, who was wounded in the 1981 attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan. Salvi opposed federal gun-control efforts and erroneously said Brady had at one time peddled machine guns, only to apologize for being misinformed.
The political damage had been done. But nearly two decades later, Durbin is still pushing for tougher gun laws while acknowledging little progress has been made. |
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