Punchbowl News released a new tracking poll Thursday showing a majority of senior Capitol Hill aides believe House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s partisan socialist agenda will not pass Congress.
During Friday’s Democratic Weekly Address, Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) stated that the Senate Republican majority “cares more about their NRA rating than the lives of their constituents.” Transcript as Follows: “Hello. I’m Richard Blumenthal. I am proud to represent Connecticut
During Friday’s Democratic Weekly Address, Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) called on the U.S. Senate to vote on universal background checks and stated that “Now is not the time to go ‘very slowly’ on gun violence.” Durbin urged Senate
Before Congress took its August break, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell declared that when the Senate returns, it will take up gun control in light of the El Paso and Dayton mass shootings. He said, “What we can’t do is fail to pass something.”
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) put out a tweet calling for expanded gun control without knowing the details of the Midland shooting.
The Democrats’ latest legislative achievement is a perfect example of what happens when people who have no clue about a subject draft legislation on the topic.
Republican leadership in the House successfully added a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) alert for illegal aliens attempting to buy guns to the Democrats’ gun control bill on Wednesday.
House Democrats plan a floor vote to criminalize private gun sales and add an indefinite extension to the time to complete a NICS instant background check.
During the hearings for universal background checks, House Democrats rejected a proposal to alert Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) if an illegal alien is discovered via a background check for a firearm.
House Democrats plan to move legislation criminalizing private gun sales out of committee and get it to the floor for a vote this week.
