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Do you think this internal dialogue with the gop will kill the whole thing? >> no, in getting answers to my questions. i have yet to see bill text. i have yet to have any of my questions dealing with the details of what the provisions would do answered. it's one thing if they can identify with reasonable particularity what the provisions can do, but they haven't been able to do that. the gang of 20 emerged saying we have a deal. there til is no deal. we have been asked, are you supporting the bill just as a number of senators are rushing to sign object and say they support the bill when it doe...

And he said it was time to fish or cut bait. he said decisions had to be made. he had to get back to texas, but they were all going to stay in touch. we know that they are continuing to talk over the weekend. remember that monday is a federal holiday, so the senate will not be in session. and then they've got just a short week before they go on a two-week recess. so, they're really up against a tight timeline here. they had wanted to bring this to the floor before they got to that recess, john. but things move slowly in the senate. and that's when you have a bill text. they're trying to get th...

>> right, we can really zero in on two issues. one of them is closing the so-called boyfriend loophole, which is who can get their hands on a gun if there's been some sort of domestic violence, something like that. and they're having trouble defining what is a boyfriend, what is an intimate partner. they told us yesterday they're trying to look at state statutes where they may be able to get guidance from there. the other thing is how to get funding to states that have red flag laws or intervention programs that they've also been called and how to make sure that that's properly allocated, who ...

Framework of the deal. things like red flag laws, but also closing the boyfriend loophole and supporting juvenile record checks being a part of that background check system for people 18 to 21. that was, of course, one of the sticking points and it's one of the things we're watching closely here as they start writing this bill text. that's one of the pieces that people have a little bit of tension over how it's ultimately going to be written. but i do think that immediately after that closed door luncheon, the fact that mitch mcconnell came out and said he wasn't just comfortable with the fram...

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