Sentences with phrase «background check bill»

Lawmakers had been making incremental progress on a bill to boost participation in the existing federal background check bill.

And he said one of the failed bills — the high - profile background check bill — could have helped prevent the latest assault.

Lawmakers had been making incremental progress on a bill to boost participation in the existing federal background check bill.

Trump suggested — but did not declare — his support for a more sweeping background check bill that would require review of firearm purchases online and at gun shows.

«To avoid any misunderstanding, he will introduce his universal background check bill today.»

No votes have been scheduled yet in the Senate on a pending background checks bill, but the House has said it will consider school safety legislation next week.

That concealed - carry legislation is a nonstarter in the Senate, and the background check bill has yet to see a vote.

The background check bill, which seeks to improve the existing database used to prevent gun purchases by criminals and the mentally ill, is a small nod in the direction of gun control that does nothing to close loopholes that allow millions of gun sales without a background check.

Now fighting for the underdogs, an increasingly obsessed Elizabeth uses everything at her disposal to try to ensure that the background check bill passes, testing the loyalty and limits of those around her (including the firm's head played by Mark Strong, and an ambitious protege in Gugu Mbatha - Raw) with her sliding morality and deep distrust of others.