Gun control vote showdown set for Thursday in Senate

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

WASHINGTON -- The Senate's top Democrat is setting Congress' first showdown vote for Thursday on President Barack Obama's gun control drive as a small but mounting number of Republicans appear willing to buck a conservative effort to prevent debate from even beginning.

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