As party shifts left, Democrats show new unity on guns
Feb 28, 2019
3 minutes
When the House passed a universal background check bill for guns on Wednesday, newly empowered Democrats broke into applause. Cheers and whistles ricocheted through the chamber, and guests in the visitors’ gallery shouted “thank you!”
The outburst prompted the speaker pro tempore to read a warning that any manifestation of approval or disapproval is a violation of House rules – though in an aside, she admitted “that hurt my heart to say that.”
The emotional eruption was understandable. For the first time in more than two decades,
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