Finding 60 votes in an evenly divided Senate? A high bar, but not an impossible one
The current Senate has managed to clear the 60-vote hurdle to avoid a filibuster on several of its main legislative achievements.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
The current Senate has managed to clear the 60-vote hurdle to avoid a filibuster on several of its main legislative achievements.
What the data show on bullying, drug and alcohol use, depression, violence and other common sources of parental concern.
Several government agencies and nonprofit groups gather and publish data on school shootings and other public mass killings. But because of data lags and differing definitions, getting a clear read on overall trends is surprisingly hard.
In the year since the Newtown school shootings, most new state gun laws have loosened rather than tightened restrictions.
Supporters of gun-rights tend to feel more strongly about their position, and more willing to act on it politically, than backers of gun-control legislation.
About one in 5 Americans say they’ve followed charges that Syria has used chemical weapons “very closely.”
Number of Americans who killed themselves with a gun in 2010.
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