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The Playbook Podcast

June 3, 2022: Where Biden, Pelosi and Cornyn might agree

The Playbook Podcast

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🗓️ 3 June 2022

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Three key leaders who are committed to firearms legislation in the wake of a string of horrific massacres spoke Thursday about what they want in a bill.  In the House, Speaker Nancy Pelosi blessed the “Protecting Our Kids Act,” which passed out of the Judiciary Committee after a raucous markup that included one Republican member, Greg Steube (Fla.), appearing via Zoom while brandishing his Sig Sauer handgun to make a point about high-capacity magazine bans. In the Senate, John Cornyn (Texas), the lead GOP senator tasked by Minority Leader Mitch McConnell to strike a bipartisan deal on gun legislation, spoke to our Marianne LeVine about the state of the talks. At the White House at the end of the day, Biden made a rare primetime address to talk about the recent massacres and urge Congress to act. Subscribe to the POLITICO Playbook newsletter Raghu Manavalan is the Host of POLITICO's Playbook.Jenny Ament is the Executive Producer of POLITICO Audio.

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the work ahead at Facebook.com forward slash action. Hey, good morning, Playbookers and Rogumonovalin. It's Friday. Today's show, the state of

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gun control negotiations. It's your Politico Playbook Dealing briefing. Three key leaders, who are

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committed to firearms legislation in the wake of a string of horrific massacres, spoke Thursday

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about what they want in the bill.

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In the House, Speaker Nancy Pelosi blessed the Protecting Our Kids Act, which passed

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out of the Judiciary Committee yesterday.

0:45.2

The House Dem Bill is ambitious.

0:47.0

Here's a quick summary of what it would do.

0:48.9

Raised the lawful age to purchase a quote, semi-automatic center fire rifle from 18 to 21, ban high-capacity magazines,

0:56.5

increase penalties for gun trafficking, and straw purchases, that's buying a firearm

1:00.7

for another individual, create new criminal penalties for failure to safely store firearms

1:05.0

at home, outlaw bump stocks, which effectively turned semi-automatic weapons into machine guns,

1:10.7

and outlaw ghost guns, privately made firearms, assembled from individual parts, or kits

1:15.9

bought online, or parts made with a 3D printer that don't have traceable serial numbers

1:20.8

and have increasingly been used in violent crimes in American cities.

1:24.2

Last year, the House also passed legislation to strengthen the background check system

1:28.3

for purchasing firearms in the letter to Democrats Thursday.

1:31.8

Placysi said the House would also vote on a red flag law and the bill to, quote, create

1:35.8

an amber alert-style notification during a mass shooting and hold a hearing on an assault

1:40.7

weapons ban bill.

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