Toomey: Trump’s ‘Very Aggressive Support for Expanding Background Checks Is Encouraging’

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TOOMEY: "So the answer is Joe Manchin and I are going to move forward if we can. We are actively soliciting the support for our bill. There are several Republican senators who voted against in the 2013 who have told me they are reconsidering, so I am hopeful about that. I think the president's very aggressive support for expanding background checks is encouraging, as you know that’s the centerpiece of our legislation. And then look, I think we ought to — if we could get to a consensus, get to where we think we’ve got 60 votes on something like Manchin-Toomey, then let’s put it on the Senate floor and then let's have lots of amendments, and everybody can have their idea litigated and let the Senate work its will."