2A/EDUCATION/GUNS/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Momentum on overhauling the country’s gun laws has practically stalled at the US Capitol, but the House will vote next week on a narrow proposal that will give schools more money to strengthen security.
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy announced Tuesday [3-6-18] morning the chamber would hold the vote next week on the school safety bill, which will come roughly one month after a mass shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida, killed 17 people.
But the narrow proposal won’t tackle any changes to the country’s background check system nor will it address changing gun laws President Donald Trump has asked for including Trump’s call to raise the age at which individuals can buy rifles from 18 to 21. Democrats have said they will vote for the proposal, but have slammed GOP leaders for not doing more.
The No. 2 House Democrat criticized House Speaker Paul Ryan for failing to bring up any measures to add more gun restrictions such as one proposal expanding background check requirements for firearm purchases…
Across the Capitol in the Senate, there are still no plans to vote on any school safety or gun legislation. After a stunning, televised White House meeting last week where Trump seemed to call on the GOP to go toe to toe with the National Rifle Association and abandon some key Republican principles on gun legislation, the Senate has turned its attention to a banking bill. While senators continue trying to work behind the scenes to build consensus for disparate pieces of legislation, there isn’t much optimism that lawmakers are on the cusp of a major deal.”
-Lauren Fox and Deirdre Walsh, “House to vote on school security bill next week as Senate is stuck on guns,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, Mar. 6, 2018 01:41pm