Senators say they're unwilling to support any gun proposal until Trump endorses it
A Trump administration proposal to expand background checks on firearm sales is already in jeopardy unless President Donald Trump unexpectedly saves it, with the White House distancing itself and the National Rifle Association outright opposing it.
Barr wouldn’t say whether the document came from the Justice Department, but Sen. Pat Toomey said after meeting with Barr that "there's no question that the heart of the attorney general's idea is a mechanism for expanding background checks beyond what we have today." As far as the document circulating on the Hill, he added: “That is not a White House document, and any suggestion to the contrary is completely false.”
Just hours after being first reported by the Daily Caller and obtained by Politico, the proposal was already taking on heavy water. Incoming House Freedom Caucus Chairman Andy Biggs said the proposal wasn’t from the White House, was “maybe” from the Justice Department and “wouldn’t support that” regardless of where the proposal originated.
“I’m up here just kicking around some ideas, getting perspectives so I can be in a better position to advise the president,” Barr said. “But the president has made no decision yet on these issues.”
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