Democrats have been calling on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to take up a bill the House passed in February that would expand background checks, but the White House issued a veto threat on the measure.
WASHINGTON — With Congress back in Washington from its six-week recess, the gun debate on Capitol Hill assumed a familiar shape Tuesday, with Democrats moving forward on legislation while Republicans huddled to determine what measures they — and, more critically, President Donald Trump — could swallow.
Meanwhile, top congressional Republicans from the House and Senate are expected to huddle with Trump at the White House Tuesday afternoon to discuss the fall legislative agenda, including potential legislation action on guns. Those expected to attend the meeting include Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., Senate Assistant Leader John Thune, R-S.D., House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., and House Minority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La.
“Leader McConnell did not even mention gun violence in his opening remarks today, after promising that we would have a debate in the Senate when we returned. We await word from the leader when that debate might take place,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said on the Senate floor afterward. “One thing we do know is that Leader McConnell has said that the question of background checks will come down to President Trump.
Some proposals that the White House is considering include a background checks bill pushed by Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Pat Toomey, R-Pa., a red flag bill, and a measure that would increase penalties for people buying a gun for someone else to circumvent background checks.
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