What are Congress’ options for reducing gun violence?
A bill that would direct the FBI to surveil white supremacists failed to advance in the Senate last week.
By Char Daston
What are Congress’ options for reducing gun violence?
A bill that would direct the FBI to surveil white supremacists failed to advance in the Senate last week.
By Char Daston
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In response to the racist massacre in Buffalo, N.Y., the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act of 2022 earlier this month — but the measure failed to pass in the Senate Thursday. The act would assign a domestic terror specialist to every FBI office and require the FBI to brief the federal government about white supremacists and neo-Nazis twice a year.
Reset checks in with one of the co-sponsors of the bill about where Congress might go from here.
GUEST: Rep. Brad Schneider (D-10th)