The office of Nevada’s senior senator, Republican Dean Heller, would not say why did he did not attend the White House meeting. NEW YORK—They crowded around the White House conference table this past week, lawmakers from California, Connecticut, Texas and Florida, eager to share their state’s painful experience with gun violence. The state’s Democratic senator, Catherine Cortez Masto, and its three Democratic representatives also did not attend. It was one of the few gun bills to find bipartisan support and appeared poised to move ahead, only to be sidelined. A Republican, Works offered an emotional message to Heller and elected officials in both parties who are reluctant to take on gun violence.

Source: thestar March 04, 2018 02:37 UTC