Page 4 - Background Legislation News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

We look forward to working with the president on that. to pass hr 1, to restore integrity to government so people with have confidence that government that works for the people not the special interests. hr 1. [ applause ] this house will take over due legislation that has bipartisan support. bipartisan support in the congress and across the country. we will make our community safer and keep our sacred promise to the victims and survivors and families of gun violence by passing common sense bipartisan background legislation. [ applause ] we will make america fairer by

Senate. i was saying they spoke on friday about the bipartisan bill. they said, to improve compliance of background legislation, the president is supportive of efforts to improve the federal bank account. but this really wouldn't be the first time. you might recall back in 2000 in a book. that changed. we can also tell you he met with at least half of the weekend meeting with paul ryan. gun legislation came up as a

Such a reaction, we've seen so many missteps by intelligence agencies and people who were in a position to prevent this from happening. so i think that's an area na people are going to be looking at and there's a lot of room for bipartisan compromise. maybe there's room for bipartisan compromise looking at background legislation, something that both sides can come together on and agree on. there are ways to do those things. so there's definitely room here. >> all right, emily, thank you, very, very much from the washington examiner, by the way, we haven't discussed as much given the other cros...

Debate over gun laws the political climate is even tougher now since 2012. congress has added more pro gun lawmakers to its ranks. alex? >> okay, kristen welker. be nice to see the manchin toomey bill return to the hill. let's bring in the president, as i welcome you, bob, he talked about the inaction on the gun inaction. can you see any way that congress can be moved on this issue? >> i don't, alex, especially as we head into the 2016 election. you have a republican senate and house that is looking to guard the second amendment. so unless they did something very narrow like a mental health ...

One thing not to expect from the 114th congress gun control. it's been two years since the sandy hook shooting which killed 26 people, 20 of them children. and 21 months since background legislation proposed by manchin and toomey failed. a new pbs "frontline" document called "gun down: the power of the nra" traces its rise and revolution. >> the nra was a safety organization. they helped people teach their children and their friends and family how to use and store and keep firearms safely. >> then the assassinations of the '60s. >> effective crime control