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Tim Kaine statement on Obama request for use of force against Islamic State

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U.S. Senator Tim Kaine has been a leading voice urging the Obama administration to seek a specific authorization for military action against ISIL while pressing his congressional colleagues to debate and vote on the mission – a mission he believes goes beyond the intent of existing authorizations from 2001 and 2002.

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Tim Kaine co-sponsors gun safety legislation in Senate

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U.S. Senator Tim Kaine joined U.S. Senator Bob Menendez and Congresswoman Elizabeth Esty (D-CT) today to introduce the Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device Act, a common-sense bill that bans the importation, sale, manufacture, transfer, or possession of magazines that hold more than ten rounds of ammunition and are designed for shooting en masse.

Tim Kaine expresses support for clean Homeland Security funding bill

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U.S. Senator Tim Kaine joined his Democratic colleagues to advocate a clean bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and block Republican attempts to play politics with the agency’s funding and risk a shutdown of the critical agency over disagreements with the President’s immigration actions.