this week and unlikely we ll see that because the house is only in session two days. when do you think realistically based on your conversations we could see any vote? remind you, kristin, this is the congress that hasn t had a vote on bump stocks. after the october 1st shooting in las vegas, that seemed to have bipartisan agreement, but it has not come up to a vote. and we re more than five months later after that incident. so, whether the house can actually put that forward, paul ryan in the house has already indicated they re not going to take up any legislation till the senate does. as you ve been seeing over the last year when it came to tax reform, when it came to health care, getting anything done quickly around here has been pretty difficult. kristin? vaughn hilliard, great work from capitol hill. i know it s going to be a busy couple of days for you. we appreciate it. the movement to pressure companies to cut ties with the nra is pushing forward at full speed. the wall
rock, bank of america and black rock group are taking it a step further and reevaluating their relationships with the gun manufacturers themselves. for more i m joined by brian sullivan. great to see you. what is the take away from sending this type of pressure directly to the source, to gun manufacturers? does that mean does it stand a better chance of actually achieving results for these companies? you know, kristin, that is i guess the trillion dollar question. it is an important one as well. thank you for having me on. the two stories are similar but separate. on one hand you have companies ending their relationship with the nra, discounts, partnerships, united airlines, bank of omaha, enterprise rental cars and couple others. then you ve got the investment side. two different stories. one is ending the relationship, the other one is actually investing in the publicly traded gun and gun related companies. you mentioned black rock. maybe not a household name, but they re one of
known as passive investors, they don t pick stocks, they index. they are actually the single biggest stockholders in two of the three publicly traded gun companies. not because they re saying let s invest in gun companies, rather kristin, that because these gun stocks are in these indexes, indirectly they are investing in this. and by the way, pension funds, including the teachers pension funds of new york, kentucky, texas and many other states, they are also invested in the gun companies because their pension funds own some of these index funds. so, you ve got the partnership deals that are ending plus you ve got now the revaluation of investment processes. we ll see if the financial pressure will be enough to move i wish i had an answer to your question. time will be the answer i suspect. well, we will be tracking it closely. and i m sure you will be as well. brian sullivan, thank you so much. appreciate it. you re welcome. coming up next is robert mueller ratcheting up the p