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WASHINGTON, DC - Senator Dianne Feinstein and Congressman Jimmy Panetta (both D-Calif.), joined by 30 of their congressional colleagues, called on the House and Senate leadership to include the NICS Data Integrity Act, a bill that would allow the FBI to keep gun-purchase records until background checks are complete, in the next coronavirus relief package.

Under current law, the FBI is required to purge incomplete background checks from its systems if they are not finalized within 88 days, a practice that often results in guns being sold without finished background checks.

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"When data is purged from the NICS system, there is no way to know how many people have purchased guns without a completed background check or how many firearms remain in the hands of prohibited individuals," the members wrote. "During this uncertain time, it is more important than ever to ensure our firearm background check system maintains all data until a background check has been adequately completed. Please help strengthen the NICS system by including the NICS Data Integrity Act in the next COVID-19 legislative vehicle."

While federal law allows a gun to be sold at a dealer's discretion if an initiated background check has not been completed within three days, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) continues to investigate these open cases afterward. Should FBI determine through such investigation that an attempted purchaser is prohibited, these "delayed denials" are referred to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) to retrieve transferred guns. However, FBI regulation requires NICS to purge incomplete firearm background checks from its systems if a final determination has not been made within 88 days.

In 2018 alone, delayed background checks resulted in 3,960 weapons being sold to individuals legally prohibited from obtaining them. But an internal FBI report shows that between 2014 and mid-2019, the agency was required to purge the data of over 1.1 million incomplete background checks, meaning significantly more firearms could still be in the hands of individuals prohibited from possessing them.

This surge in firearm purchases poses a significant threat to public safety if background checks aren't fully completed: just last month, we marked five years since an incomplete background check allowed a white supremacist to improperly obtain a gun and kill nine churchgoers in Charleston, South Carolina. We cannot let this happen again.

When data is purged from the NICS system, there is no way to know how many people have purchased guns without a completed background check or how many firearms remain in the hands of prohibited individuals. During this uncertain time, it is more important than ever to ensure our firearm background check system maintains all data until a background check has been adequately completed. Please help strengthen the NICS system by including the NICS Data Integrity Act in the next COVID-19 legislative vehicle.

?The tragic shooting at Virginia Tech in April starkly demonstrated that serious gaps exist in the transmittal of background records, allowing thousands of people who are barred from acquiring guns to escape proper background checks.

?The legislation Congress passed today with strong bipartisan support is a step forward in improving the gun buyer background check system and making our nation safer. It authorizes funding and provides practical steps to encourage states to provide timely and accurate information on individuals who are barred under current law from acquiring guns.

This analysis builds on earlier Pew Research Center work to analyze the educational attainment of lawmakers in the U.S. Congress. To determine the educational background of lawmakers in the 118th Congress, we used U.S. House and Senate biographical data. Data on the educational attainment of U.S. adults overall comes from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Congress is made up of 535 men and women (100 Senators and 435 Representatives), each performing a delicate balancing act between the needs and demands of their constituents, their political parties, their contributors, their staffs, the Administration, and even each other. These often conflicting demands can simultaneously pull members of Congress in dozens of different directions on any one issue. It is against this background that legislative process, or the passage of a bill into law, occurs in the two Chamber's of Congress.

Forty-eight senators have moved forward to reintroduce the Background Check Expansion Act. Led by Senator Chris Murphy, the act would expand federal background checks to all gun sales. Under current federal law, unlicensed or private sellers are not required to conduct a background check prior to transferring a firearm.

Research indicates that a quarter of all gun sales in the United States may occur without a background check. U.S. Representatives Mike Thompson (D-Calif.) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) introduced the companion legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives.

The Background Check Expansion Act will require background checks for the sale or transfer of all firearms. This requirement extends to all unlicensed sellers, whether they do business online, at gun shows or out of their home.

Is the congressional power to create U.S. law being sold to highest spender? Are members of both houses acting on outside interests instead of the interests of the American people? The following sources will allow you to find exact dollar amounts flowing through Congress, track campaign contributions to the member, and track how the member voted, among other ways money can influence politics.

Trying to figure out what was influencing Congress is a goal of many researchers. The following databases will allow you to search for articles and books that will provide background and context into Congressional actions and proceedings. For current issues, another good source to check are the major newspapers (Washington Post, NYT, etc). Also consider following groups on issues you are interested in--many of these will put out statements on about/for/against legislation.

Sorensen proudly represents Illinois farmers on the House Agriculture Committee and uses his background in science to contribute to his role on the Science, Space, & Technology Committee. On the Science, Space and Technology Committee, Sorensen serves as Ranking Member on the Space and Aeronautics Subcommittee.

The proliferation of positions helps modern parties meet the multiplicity of challenges of the contemporary legislature, but also contributes to leadership development in certain ways. It provides training opportunities for more lawmakers who wish to participate in leadership and perhaps run for higher leadership posts. It not only accommodates a greater number of legislators with ambition for leadership, but also increases the likelihood that candidates from a diverse range of backgrounds and constituencies will have opportunities to enter leadership. More leadership positions in turn increases the number of qualified candidates who seek higher leadership posts as they become vacant.[20] However, there are also limitations to relying on the multiplicity of leadership positions to achieve the objectives of leadership development. Not all leadership posts may prepare their occupants equally well for higher office; their value may decline as their number increases, or if they fail to become well established as likely avenues for higher leadership posts; and they are of limited benefit if posts higher on the leadership ladder are unavailable due to low turnover. (Figures 1 and 2 illustrate how turnover rates are far higher in lower-level leadership positions than higher-level ones.) One scholar has suggested that the number of party leadership positions in state legislatures is less a function of leadership development per se than a result of the political needs of existing leaders at a given time.[21]

Matthew Green is a professor of politics at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. A former legislative aide in the House of Representatives, Professor Green has authored or coauthored numerous books and articles about the U.S. Congress with a particular focus on congressional leadership and political parties. His books include The Speaker of the House: A Study of Leadership (2010), Underdog Politics: The Minority Party in the U.S. House of Representatives (2015), Choosing the Leader: Leadership Elections in the U.S. House of Representatives with Douglas Harris (2019), and Legislative Hardball: The House Freedom Caucus and the Power of Threat-Making in Congress (2019).

Douglas Harris is a professor of political science at Loyola University Maryland in Baltimore. His publications on Congress, political parties, and media politics include articles in numerous scholarly journals as well as in edited collections on congressional elections and scandals, media framing techniques, and public trust in government. His books include The Austin-Boston Connection: Fifty Years of House Democratic Leadership (2009), Doing Archival Research in Political Science (2012), and Choosing the Leader: Leadership Elections in the U.S. House of Representatives (2019) with Matthew Green.

But, did all of these pro-science movements and candidates make an impact when the votes were counted? If we are to judge success based on the incoming House freshmen class of the 116th Congress, it appears that science will certainly be on Congressional radar. Nine new Members of Congress, four of whom are women, will bring a scientific background to their new legislative duties:

NBIS will replace a suite of legacy background investigation and case management IT systems from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC), including Electronic Questionnaires for Investigations Processing (e-QIP), Secure Web Fingerprint Transmission (SWFT), Joint Personnel Adjudication System (JPAS), Defense Information Security System (DISS), Position Designation Tool (PDT), Personnel Investigations Processing System (PIPS), and more. With one consolidated system, security managers, investigators, and adjudicators will be able to access case status throughout the lifecycle of a background investigation, enhancing capacity and creating synergies from easier data validation. 2351a5e196