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A group of House Republicans introduced similar legislation Tuesday also aiming to defund Operation Choke Point.

Exclusive: Senator Aims to Use Budget Process to End Operation Choke Point

By Heritage Foundation Kelsey Harkness——--March 19, 2015

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The Daily Signal has exclusively learned that Sen. Mike Crapo will offer an amendment Thursday to the Senate’s budget proposal that would defund the Justice Department’s controversial program known as Operation Choke Point.
“The Department of Justice must not politicize its enforcement policies, and we must not let Operation Choke Point become an end run around the Second Amendment by threatening the financial security of gun and ammunition manufacturers,” said Crapo, R-Idaho, in a statement to The Daily Signal.
In Idaho, we have heard from several business owners involved in the guns and ammunition business who experienced difficulty finding essential banking services as a result of this fear and uncertainty on the part of the banks.
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