McConnell shelves gun bills for banking reform
Source: The Hill
BY ALEXANDER BOLTON AND SYLVAN LANE - 03/01/18 03:14 PM EST
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is moving to banking reform legislation not gun control or other responses to the high school shooting in Florida next week in the Senate.
McConnell has filed a motion to have a procedural vote Tuesday on legislation sponsored by Senate Banking Committee Chairman Mike Crapo (R-Idaho). After that McConnell hopes to move to legislation addressing sex trafficking crimes, according to GOP sources.
Legislation addressing the Florida high school shooting, the subject of contentious conversations between President Trump and GOP lawmakers at a White House meeting televised live on cable news Wednesday, will wait.
A Senate GOP aide said a limited bill to strengthen background checks for firearms purchases could come to the floor at any moment as soon as Democrats agree to let it move forward.
Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/376311-mcconnell-shelves-gun-bills-for-banking-reform
rickford66
(5,523 posts)Hortensis
(58,785 posts)Banking "reform" is a euphemism for restructuring the financial industry and institutionalizing new levels of corruption to serve the wealthy by preying on the many.
Remember, one of their first items of business was to repeal the Obama law requiring, among many other important consumer protections, people calling themselves financial advisers to actually give good-faith financial advice, instead of selling innocent customers whatever pays the highest commission. One little clue to their big, big plans.
SharonAnn
(13,772 posts)madamesilverspurs
(15,800 posts).
Frustratedlady
(16,254 posts)agingdem
(7,849 posts)why the Orange Slime could speak with such stupid mindless passion about his "commitment" to gun reform...Mitch McTurtle and the NRA sitting in a tree K-I-S-S-I-N-G...
Weed Man
(304 posts)HE needs to be a minority leader, and then quit.
November can't get here fast enough for him to realize he's about to be a loser and resign so another Kentuckian can take over, hopefully a progressive Dem.
rickford66
(5,523 posts)Initech
(100,068 posts)benld74
(9,904 posts)duforsure
(11,885 posts)To be run out of office as the Senate Majority leader. Vote to take the Senate back people, or it'll be more of this.
Stuart G
(38,420 posts)he cares more about the banks and the money in them..