Five senators who can make or break gun control measures

[Judi Lynn]

March 1, 2018 5:09 PM

BY LESLEY CLARK
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Five key lawmakers are likely to decide the fate of gun control legislation in the U.S. Senate.

Congress insists it wants to do something about preventing mass shootings. But two weeks after the massacre in Parkland, where a gunman killed 17 people, it has nothing to show for its concerns beyond a promised Senate hearing later this month.

President Donald Trump complicated Republican efforts by seemingly embracing Democratic proposals. But because it takes 60 votes to advance legislation in the Senate, one influential member can provide momentum, and possibly have life or death power, for or against any proposal.

These are the people to watch in the weeks ahead:

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