Senate Democrats are attempting to adjust expectations about the reality of passing gun control legislation with a slim 51-seat majority and enough Republicans to keep them from reaching the 60-vote threshold for breaking a filibuster.
Earlier this week, President Joe Biden acknowledged he’s done all he can do through executive action on gun control and pleaded with Congress to act after the mass shooting at a Nashville private school that killed three children and three adults on Monday. He also renewed his push for lawmakers to reinstate a nationwide ban on assault-style weapons and high-capacity magazines that expired in 2004.Tensions hit a boiling point on Capitol Hill Wednesday after Rep.
Senate Democrats are attempting to adjust expectations about the reality of passing legislation with a slim 51-seat majority and enough Republicans to keep them from reaching the 60-vote threshold for breaking a filibuster. Some Republicans are calling for more law enforcement measures at schools, an effort that has been opposed by some Democrats in the past.“We have to work to protect children at school, and that means increasing security,” said Sen. Marsha Blackburn at a Judiciary Committee hearing this week.
“They have a constitutional right to do so,” he told reporters. “There seems to be this obsession with the gun and not with the actual person pulling the trigger.”
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