Senate Democrats are warning that they will force a debate over a ban on gun violence research this year.

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Democratic lawmakers have homed in on repealing a provision included in spending bills that blocks the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from using taxpayer dollars to study the issue, after they failed to get the restriction lifted as part of an end-of-the-year spending and tax package.

The rider has been in every appropriations bill since 1996.

He noted on Thursday that he hasn't received a response, but the Democratic senators are calling on Congress to give the CDC $10 million in funding to study gun violence.