Gun bills make history in House, face uncertainty in Senate

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., meets with reporters just after the Democratic-controlled House approved a measure requiring federal background checks for all firearms sales and transfers, the first major gun control legislation considered by Congress in nearly 25 years, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019. less[1] Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., meets with reporters just after the Democratic-controlled House approved a measure requiring federal background checks for all firearms sales and transfers, the ... more[2] Photo: J. Scott Applewhite / Associated Press Photo: J. Scott Applewhite / Associated Press Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., meets with reporters just after the Democratic-controlled House approved a measure requiring federal background checks for all firearms sales and transfers, the first major gun control legislation considered by Congress in nearly 25 years, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019. less[3] Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., meets with reporters just after the Democratic-controlled House approved a measure requiring federal background checks for all firearms sales and transfers, the ... more[4] Photo: J. Scott Applewhite / Associated Press Gun bills make history in House, face uncertainty in Senate WASHINGTON — Connecticut’s Democratic members of the House contributed Thursday to passage of the second of two landmark gun bills, votes that were virtually unthinkable last year when Republican leaders bottled up efforts to bring such measures to the floor. But the dramatic turnaround on gun safety legislation faces a rough and arguably impassable road to full enactment. Senate approval is unlikely for the two bills, which saw the light of day only after Democrats took over the House on Election Day 2018 [5]in a wave of indignation against President Donald Trump. And even though Trump once called for “strengthening” background checks and told

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