Sanders Says McConnell Should Call Senate Into Session for Gun Safety Bill |
Written by <a href="index.php?option=com_comprofiler&task=userProfile&user=51224"><span class="small">Rebecca Klar, The Hill</span></a> |
Monday, 05 August 2019 14:06 |
Klar writes: "Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders on Sunday called on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to 'immediately' call the Senate back into session to pass a gun safety bill." Sanders Says McConnell Should Call Senate Into Session for Gun Safety Bill05 August 19
emocratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Sunday called on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to "immediately" call the Senate back into session to pass a gun safety bill. "Mitch McConnell should bring the Senate back into session immediately to pass HR 8, the gun safety bill that has already passed the House. That's a first step to addressing our serious gun violence epidemic," Sanders tweeted.
Sanders' Senate colleague Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) called on McConnell to do the same on CBS's "Face the Nation." Their call follows two deadly mass shootings Saturday and Sunday, in Texas and Ohio, that killed a combined total of 29 people. The Saturday shooting in El Paso, Texas killed 20 people and injured 26 others. The bill Sanders is calling for a vote on, H.R.8 or the "Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019," would require a background check on every gun sale or transfer. It was passed by the Democratic-controlled House in February. A spokesperson for McConnell did not immediately return a request for comment. |