Top Democrats push background checks as Trump prepares gun control announcement

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer urged President Trump to include a House-backed universal background check bill in a proposal he will introduce to combat gun violence.

The Democratic leaders offered to appear in the Rose Garden with him if he agrees to sign it into law.

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