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Senate majority leader mitch mcconnell said he wont bring anything to the floor that he didnt know, the president will sign to republicans, and giving republicans remarkable latitude to chart the course on this. and still, hes not offering a lot of clarity. despite the fact that capitol hill is sending messages that the president is potentially not interested in background checks, he said earlier this week, after a meeting with senior advisers that hed made progress on background checks. take a ...

Republicans and the president saying that could make it difficult to reach consensus on gun reform, thats what lawmakers have been working towards for more than a month. vice president mike pence didnt mention orourke by name, but he did respond to orourkes comments at the gop in baltimore yesterday. take a listen. >> when they were talking about higher taxes they were talking about gun control. not just gun control, you had leading candidates for the highest office in the land talk about taking...

Buyback. essentially a confiscation. do you support a confiscation to get them off the streets as you say? >> i support the second amendment rights to bear arms with limits. but we also as americans have the point to arm ourselves with fuller thinking and comprehensive love and looking out for one another. i do support taking weapons of war off our streets. and i also support ending senseless wars to begin with. we have to make -- >> let me ask you specifics. >> absolutely. >> do you support the...

Capitol hill. a lot of that is due to the makeup of the senate. we had the tragic shootings in newtown, connecticut, in 2012 at the sandy hook elementary school. remember, a couple months later, there was a debate on the senate in background checks. it was actually controlled by democrats. and extended background checks still failed to advance in the senate because you had several democrats who come from these red states, these rural states, where a lot of their voters were gun activists and gun...