Support ending the Senate filibuster to move forward on legislation addressing gun violence.

Jason Crow · Colorado · Democratic

policy impact 0.66 specificity 0.75 extraction confidence 84%

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Occurrences

Evidence

Congress.gov lists H.R.18, the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2025, introduced June 10, 2025, with latest action referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary and status Introduced. The bill text states it would require a background check for every firearm sale and lists Mr. Crow among original supporters.

After winning the 2024 House election, Crow backed concrete gun-violence legislation requiring background checks, but the bill remained only introduced/referred and did not change Senate filibuster rules.

partial later_term A for effort

H.R.18 - Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2025
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 91%

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The official cosponsor page lists Rep. Crow, Jason [D-CO-6] as a cosponsor on June 10, 2025, marked with an asterisk indicating original cosponsorship.

This confirms Crow took a concrete legislative step on federal gun safety policy during the term following the 2024 campaign, but it is not evidence that he advanced or delivered a Senate filibuster change.

partial later_term A for effort

Cosponsors - H.R.18 - Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2025
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 93%

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Congress.gov lists H.R.715, the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2023, with latest action on February 1, 2023 referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary and status Introduced. The bill text says it was to require a background check for every firearm sale.

Crow supported similar background-check legislation in the prior Congress, showing a pattern of gun-safety legislative effort, but the bill did not advance and did not address the filibuster.

partial unknown A for effort

H.R.715 - Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2023
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 86%

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The official cosponsor page lists Rep. Crow, Jason [D-CO-6] as a cosponsor on February 1, 2023, marked as an original cosponsor.

This is direct evidence of Crow advancing gun-safety legislation, but it predates the 2024 campaign term and does not show support for ending the Senate filibuster.

partial unknown A for effort

Cosponsors - H.R.715 - Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2023
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 87%

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The Senate Rules Committee's official Standing Rules state under Rule XXII that debate is brought to a close only if the cloture question is decided in the affirmative by three-fifths of the Senators duly chosen and sworn, except for measures or motions to amend Senate rules, which require two-thirds of Senators present and voting.

As of the official rules used by the Senate, the legislative filibuster/cloture supermajority remained in place; there is no evidence in the records reviewed that Crow, a House member, delivered an end to the Senate filibuster.

never same_term

Standing Rules of the Senate, Rule XXII
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 90%

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Assessments

partial same_term A for effort

Crow took concrete same-term action after the 2024 House campaign by originally cosponsoring H.R.18, the 2025 Bipartisan Background Checks Act, which addressed gun violence through expanded background checks. However, the core promised mechanism was support for ending the Senate filibuster to move such legislation forward. The available evidence does not show that the Senate filibuster was ended, that H.R.18 became law, or that Crow materially advanced a Senate rules change; as a House member, his direct leverage over Senate Rule XXII was limited. This supports partial credit for gun-violence legislative effort, not full delivery of the filibuster-related outcome.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 86%