McConnell: Gun Control Bills Will Be “Front and Center” In September Session

By Cam Edwards

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) says he’s spoken to President Donald Trump about a number of gun control bills that could see action in the Senate after the summer recess, including a “universal background check” bill and even a ban on semi-automatic rifles. In fact McConnell indicated that gun ban legislation could very well be brought up for a vote when Congress returns in early September.

“It’s certainly one of the front and center issues,” he said. “But what we can’t do is fail to pass something. What I want to see here is an outcome, not a bunch of partisan back and forths, shots across the bow.”

McConnell has been pilloried by Democrats and gun control advocacy groups for refusing to schedule a Senate vote for a House measure to expand background checks. Congress is in recess until September 9.

McConnell said Thursday “the key to this is making a law, not a point.” He said he hoped to have discussions between members of the two political parties in the next few weeks before the Senate returns to Washington.

It looks like McConnell is all in to “do something” when lawmakers return to the capitol, and the …Read the Rest

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