The Senate left Tuesday evening with no clear indication of what the next steps would be on gun legislation
Pat Toomey thinks the Senate can get to 60 votes on expanding background checks on firearm sales. Lindsey Graham says a deal on red flag laws is imminent. And the White House has briefed senators on what options are on the table., in the aftermath of several mass shootings during the August recess. Nevertheless, senators involved in gun negotiations said they firmly believed the White House would come through with a proposal soon.
Toomey added that "support from the president is going to be essential but with that support I really think we can get to the 60 votes we need" on background checks.Sign Up Graham said Tuesday that he’d “like to be able to” support Manchin-Toomey and is hopeful that his own so-called red flag bill with Sen. Richard Blumenthal will be part of a broader White House package. Toomey said only noncontroversial items should be included in the package so as not to sink his six-year effort to expand background checks.
“It would be welcome to have the president indicate specifically what he would support," said Sen. Mitt Romney . That would be a feature that would not only inform but also give some Republicans in elections [next] year the kind of political support they might need." Even Sen. Ted Cruz met with actress and liberal activist Alyssa Milano and Fred Guttenberg, whose daughter was killed in Parkland, Fla. Cruz deemed it a "positive, civil discussion" and said Congress needs to do something: "We need to act."
“There might be other laws that we can get an agreement on. But the other concern is, do the Democrats actually want to solve problems? Or do they want to just be more aggressive in taking away people’s guns?” Scalise told a gaggle of reporters Tuesday night.
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