Bearing Arms By Cam Edwards 7/28/2022
House Democratic leadership is still expressing at least some optimism that HR 1808, which was pulled from the House Rules Committee calendar on Wednesday, can be revived once lawmakers return to Capitol Hill after their August recess, but it sounds like they’re still not assured of the 216 votes needed for passage.
Buried deep within the Washington Post’s newest report on how Democratic infighting has led to a number of their bills stuck in legislative limbo is a telling aside about the hesitations that some Democrats are still expressing about the gun ban bill.
The recent string of mass shootings across the country — particularly after 19 children and two teachers were killed at a Uvalde, Tex., elementary school — motivated many Democrats to reignite a push to vote on an assault weapons ban for the first time in decades.
But there was uncertainty that an assault weapons ban has the votes in a chamber where Democrats have only a razor-thin four-member majority . Leaders had hoped to tack the ban onto the tranche of public safety bills, which included police funding as well as community policing measures and mental health response teams, to ensure it could pass this month. Members now hope to reconsider the package by mid-August, when they return from a break.
The Post says that there “was” uncertainty about the vote count for the gun ban, but they don’t provide any real evidence that Nancy Pelosi has a solid head count in favor of approval. Instead, it sounds like several Democrats are still very much on the fence.
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https://bearingarms.com/camedwards/2022/07/28/whats-next-for-the-house-assault-weapons-ban-legislation-n60898
