Sentences with phrase «democrats pass gun control legislation»
Trump did allude to gun laws in a different tweet Saturday, accusing congressional Democrats of not favoring new gun laws: «Just like they don't want to solve the DACA problem, why didn't the Democrats pass gun control legislation when they had both the House & Senate during the Obama Administration.
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Trump's tweet Saturday said: «Just like they don't want to solve the DACA problem, why didn't the Democrats pass gun control legislation when they had both the House & Senate during the Obama Administration.
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Another student, David Hogg, criticized Trump for suggesting in a tweet Saturday night that Democrats had let them down by failing to pass gun - control legislation when they held Congress.
Former President Barack Obama and many of his fellow Democrats unsuccessfully pushed to pass gun control legislation after a gunman killed 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, in 2012.
ALBANY, N.Y. (WBEN / AP)-- The Democrat - controlled state Assembly on Tuesday passed legislation aimed at reducing gun violence in the state, a day after Republicans who control New York's Senate approved bills that focus on school safety but don't address the gun control issue.
Skelos's approach to deal making with Cuomo, as well as a five - member bloc of Democrats in the Independent Democratic Conference, angered grassroots conservative voters in New York, who were especially upset over the gun control legislation passing the chamber.
But the chances of gun control legislation passing in New York — generally considered to be one of the stronger firearm regulated states in the country — are complicated by a governing coalition in the Senate of six Democrats and at least 30 Republicans.
A spokeswoman for the Independent Democrats says, in a statement, «We can not speculate on the motives of Senator Skelos,» and points out that the two groups passed gun control legislation, gay marriage and expansion of pre-kindergarten when they co-led the Senate.