Rules Chairman Opens the Door to Gun-Control Amendments
House Rules Committee Chairman Pete Sessions suggested Tuesday that some gun-control provisions could be considered as amendments to appropriations bills.
"It’s being discussed right now," Sessions said. Homeland Security Chairman Michael McCaul "is going to determine not just the policy but the application of that, and I’ll follow Chairman McCaul’s lead."
Democrats have indicated they will offer amendments on upcoming appropriations bills that will crack down on gun laws, including a provision they've pushed for years to ban people on the no-fly terror watch list from being able to purchase guns.
Sessions said he welcomes Democrats ideas, but that the solution may be different than what they're proposing.
"We’re going to be less narrow and more broad [and] look at the entire issue, not just related to no-fly lists," he said. "And I do not consider that a poison pill."
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