you and i both know we look to the senate on that because the house can pass a package of gun violence prevention legislation, we expect them to do that when they come back wednesday or thursday, but it doesn t matter what they do unless it aligns with what the senate can do, and we know the senate negotiators are looking for something to get 60 votes, yes, but probably more than that, so as to inoculate the republicans politically, those that come to the table and vote for the package. it is trying to find the most consensus building package they canon the hill that they have been working all last week and continuing into this week. now that they re back in person, we can finally ask about it. and quickly, the other part of the inoculation, that s what the presumptive republican nominee negotiators want to see, right? reporter: absolutely. you listen to senator mitch mcconnell, the thing he kept
for a vote next week that will not pass the senate after that. in the senate there is a bipartisan negotiation happening led by chris murphy, the democrat. the most outspoken supporter of gun violence prevention legislation over the last decade as well as the republican john cornyn, they are discussing things like red flag laws, money for mental health, safe storage law, things that president biden mentioned among other proposals in his prime time address last night. there s optimism buzzing all over the senate more so than we ve seen at any point in many years over there still. the road is long. it s unclear they will get there. the republican red line on this speaking to sources is that they will not support anything that infringes on the gun rights of law-abiding americans and for democrats the red line is this has to be meaningful. it has to make an impact in denting these shootings going forward. they will not support something that simply checks a box and doesn t have any meaning
led by my next guest, urging leadership to bring any gun violence prevention legislation already approved by the judiciary committee to the house floor immediately for a vote. joining me now is, rhode island congressman david cicilline and judiciary he s also a member of the gun violence prevention task force. it is a lot of effort you put into this thing, congressman. i know you are leading the charge in so many ways. look at after the mass shooting in buffalo, this month. the renewed calls that you made for your legislation around an active shooter alert, after the mass shooting in uvalde, add all this together, does anything feel different on capitol hill? will these tragedies remain on answered from a legislative perspective? that depends, alex, on our republican colleagues in the senate. guns have become the leading cause of death for american kids. this is something that no one
for having me on. you heard seven or blumenthal say, for the first time we are talking seriously. his words. democrats and republicans, we know that john, texas senator, is meeting with chris murphy, along proponent of gun legislation. do you believe that there is potentially a moment here? i will believe it when i see it, jim. i will tell you, it is our job to do everything possible to find a path forward on solutions. the republican playbook is something that i think we are all too familiar with. in that story there was a comment about the parties pointing figures at one another. the fact of the matter is, this is not a partisan statement, this is a factual statement. there is only one party in america right now that actually has led and acted on gun violence prevention legislation. that is the democratic party. there is one party in america that has consistently stood in
lawrence. we have to make it happen. we have no other option. whether it is in congress or the states, every american watching this right now, regardless of what happens in congress, if you care about this issue, if you are a mom, dad, brother, or sister if you are a human being that cares about this issue, i do not need you going out there every single day and talking about this issue. you don t have to go out there and talk every single waking moment, thinking about gun violence. all we need to do is what the nra has done brilliantly for decades, to bring us here. it s not even just from funding the politicians. it is because they show up in the state legislatures. they show up with a group of several dozen people that are very effective at pressuring the state legislatures into acting. we can do that. if we had several hundred or just 1000 people show up every year at each state legislature and say, we want to figure out how we can pass pro gun violence prevention legislation an