<mediadc-video-embed data-state="{"cms.site.owner":{"_ref":"00000161-3486-d333-a9e9-76c6fbf30000","_type":"00000161-3461-dd66-ab67-fd6b93390000"},"cms.content.publishDate":1654791074629,"cms.content.publishUser":{"_ref":"0000017b-c093-df17-a7ff-cedfaaf30000","_type":"00000161-3461-dd66-ab67-fd6b933a0007"},"cms.content.updateDate":1654791074629,"cms.content.updateUser":{"_ref":"0000017b-c093-df17-a7ff-cedfaaf30000","_type":"00000161-3461-dd66-ab67-fd6b933a0007"},"rawHtml":"
var _bp = _bp||[]; _bp.push({ "div": "Brid_54638721", "obj": {"id":"27789","width":"16","height":"9","video":"1025265"} }); ","_id":"00000181-493b-d590-a5f1-cbbbe3850000","_type":"2f5a8339-a89a-3738-9cd2-3ddf0c8da574"}”>Video EmbedHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday she would “welcome” a bipartisan Senate deal on gun legislation, even if it were more narrow in scope than bills passed by the House this week.
The House on Wednesday passed a raft of gun reform bills in response to a string of recent mass shootings.
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The House legislation would raise the required purchasing age for semi-automatic weapons from 18 to 21 and ban high-capacity magazines and bump stocks for civilian use, as well as other new restrictions. The bill is unlikely to be approved by the Senate, where bipartisan negotiations on a gun bill are underway.
Senate Democrats would need to win at least 10 Republican votes to clear the 60-vote filibuster and pass any gun bills. Likely components of a Senate deal, should it be reached, would include incentivizing states to pass red flag laws or enhanced background checks.
At her weekly press conference, Pelosi touted the House’s bills but acknowledged that any Senate version of gun legislation would be more narrow in scope.
“Of course, we’re prayerful about what the Senate may come up with and are eager to hear what that is and to work together to turn it into the law of the land.”
Pelosi said she has “confidence in those who are negotiating in good faith” in the Senate. She indicated that the House would take up a bill presented by the Senate, should there be an agreement.
“If it’s life-saving, and can make a difference, and they have bipartisan support for it, then we would welcome it, even though it won’t be everything that we want,” Pelosi said.
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Any specific agreement between Senate negotiators has not yet been made clear, but senators on both sides of the negotiations expressed optimism this week about their direction while acknowledging that differences of opinion remain.
