Schumer slammed the president for appearing to back off of his commitment to strengthen background checks, which Trump originally called for days after the Dayton and El Paso mass shootings
Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi are lamenting President Donald Trump's apparent about-face on enhanced backgrounds for firearm sales, with SchumerTrump told reporters this weekend he will look "very strongly" at ideas from both Democrats and Republicans but said to remember that "we already have a lot of background checks." Those remarks followed Trump's Aug. 7 claim that "we can bring up background checks like we’ve never had before.
Added Pelosi: “I pray that the President will listen to the 90 percent of the American people who support universal background checks." By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or alerts from POLITICO. You can unsubscribe at any time. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has expressed openness to a gun debate in the Senate, but it's possible that work on spending bills could sideline the firearm issue, particularly if Trump is lukewarm. The House passed a universal background checks bill earlier this year and Schumer is urging McConnell to bring it to a Senate vote.
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