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Gun control, back on the front burner.

Hello again, I'm Aron Alney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International. A daily

look at the issues Americans care about most.

With Republicans in the majority, gun control has almost no chance on Capitol Hill,

but last week's mass killing in Oregon has changed the political calculus.

Today, Senate Democrats promised to block other action

until GOP members are forced to vote against background checks and other provisions.

Next week, Hillary Clinton, Martin O'Malley, and Bernie Sanders will display their differences in the party's first presidential debate.

We'll look at the prospects for maintaining momentum for gun control until the November election.

Today's talking point, will new media bring millennials into organized labor?

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Hello again, Marminality, back with To The Point. Gun Control is not the third rail of politics anymore, at least for Democrats. They are forcing Senate Republicans to declare their opposition. Depending on how their presidential primaries end up, gun control could be a major issue in the November election. Today's talking point, first at Gawker Media, now at Huffington Post, employees of new media are signing up with organized labor.

Will their non-unionized millennial generation readers see an example they want to follow?

First, this news update, a political earthquake today on Capitol Hill.

After making a pitch to the Republican caucus, Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy told reporters he had the votes to replace

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