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The PUMP Act failed to pass the Senate last week. Senators are now eyeing another bill, the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, which would also expand breastfeeding protections for workers and appears poised to pass soon.
A bipartisan U.S. Senate agreement has raised hopes — and doubts — that it will help reduce gun suicides, particularly in rural Western states with wide-open gun laws.