The Daily Populous

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats pushed ahead Wednesday with legislation that would ban certain semi-automatic weapons as they considered their most far-reaching response yet to this summer’s series of mass shootings .

Democrats hope that the 100-page bill moving through the Judiciary Committee will pass the House before the August break.

Democrats can afford to lose only four votes if Republicans are united in opposition to the ban. »

The committee has at times switched plans at the last minute, and it remains unclear which specific lawmakers the committee could call out.

In the 18 months since the insurrection, Republican lawmakers have tried to whitewash the insurrection through a series of contradictory talking points.

And that his efforts to steal it included directing a wildly unconstitutional phony electors scheme — and priming his supporters for a Capitol attack. »

This is what makes the passage of a just-introduced bipartisan proposal to reform the Electoral Count Act so essential.

Finally, the bill would ensure that state legislatures can’t simply override the popular vote by calling it a “failed election.”.

But they would also be wrong to say no to what they might be able to get from this legislation. »

In the 18 months since the attack on the Capitol, the DOJ has charged 855 defendants from all 50 states.

She acknowledged that indicting Trump would be "difficult" for the country but said that not doing so would support a "much graver constitutional threat.".

The issue of charging Trump is not a new one, though it is now an option for federal prosecutors since he left the White House. »