Trump Talks About Shooting Response but Offers Few Details
- Hasn’t asked lawmakers to back specific bills, GOP aides say
- Bipartisan legislation on background checks hits a bump
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President Donald Trump has talked a lot about school shootings since the Florida massacre but so far he isn’t putting his weight behind any legislative response.
Trump and his advisers have been consulting Republican lawmakers on what measures might win backing from their colleagues, but the White House hasn’t yet requested their support for specific measures or committed to backing any plan, two Republican congressional aides said.