
Manchin opposes House gun safety bills, underscoring Democratic divide over gun control
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Sen. Joe Manchin, a centrist Democrat from West Virginia, said Tuesday that he does not support the two gun safety bills the House passed earlier this month and instead is still is pushing to pass the more narrow Manchin-Toomey compromise bill.
"No, I don't support what the House passed," Manchin told CNN as he left the Senate floor. "Not at all." Manchin's opposition underscores a major divide among Democrats over how to tackle gun control -- a key priority for their voters -- even as the party now controls Congress and the White House and faces intense pressure to take action in the wake of a massacre at a Colorado supermarket that left 10 dead, including a store manager and a police officer.More Related News