Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi hosted a Gun Violence Prevention Task Force forum with Rep. Mike Thompson on Tuesday, where Democratic members of Congress and their witnesses heavily pushed for the Senate to vote on H.R. 8.

H.R. 8, which passed with overwhelming Democratic support in February, would implement universal background checks for all gun sales. It would make it a federal felony for unlicensed dealers to sell guns in private sales without a background check.

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