and senate democrats want gun legislation on the floor and republicans are not having it. i sat down with a group of diverse gun owners to see where they draw the line. we start with breaking news about tom steyer. a top aid to ste why, er in iowa has reportedly offered campaign contributions, that is money, to local politicians in exchange for endorsing steyer s presidential bid. it is not illegal, but if payments were made and not disclosed, it could violate campaign law. several candidated said they were surprised that they would think he could just go out and buy their support. joining us now, a political reporter who we rarely get to see here in new york, this is a wow, tell us about it. basically it sounds like this senior advisor on the ground, path murphy, may have been
take up gun legislation on the floor any time soon. garrett? julie. both of those proposals, expanding background checks and prohibiting anyone from buying a gun. neither gained traction in the republican controlled congress. and the white house doesn t expect it to change. the administration will work on a plan, using the executive powers to enact some of the changes he s calling for. and this morning in the weekly address, the president continued the campaign for public support. right now, people on the flow fly list can walk in and buy a gun. that is insane. if you are too dangerous to board a plane, you are too dangerous by definition to buy a gun. congress needs to close the loop hole now.
courage to speak for himself but asked his spokesman to issue the statement senator mcconnell will oppose cloture on proceeding that bill. he joins the group of 13 senators who do not believe the murder of 20 elementary schoolchildren is worth even a discussion of gun legislation on the floor of the senate. leading the charge for this dismal caucus of cowards are senators rand paul and ted cruz. and bringing up the rear of this band of brothers are mike lee, marco rubio, jerry moran, jim inhofe, richard burr, ron johnson, mike enzi, jim risch, mike crapo, dan coats and pat roberts. and these are men who do not believe that the massacre of american children should cause us to pause and even discuss new forms of gun safety legislation on the floor of the senate. their refusal is partly based
at gun stores, to gun shows, it would close the gun show loophole and also expand it to internet sales. what it would not do is expand it universally. so if you wolf blitzer wanted to sell me a gun, sort of privately, you would not we would not need background checks. that loophole would still be there. yes. what i m told these discussions include is requiretion ting the to keep a record. that has been the crux of that s ahuge. it s been huge. that s the crux of what the supporters of more gun control if i sold you my gun, i would have to keep a record that i sold it to dana bash. it wouldn t go into a database. but i d have to keep it. the big question is filibuster. the question is whether this would be enough to stop some republicans from filibustering this gun legislation on the floor, essentially stopping a vote on the legislation. if you have a filibuster you need 60 votes. there are 45 republicans and a bunch of democrats who might not vote for it.