House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) urged the Senate to make another attempt at passing legislation addressing the nation’s gun laws.
“I’d like the Senate to take another shot so that we can win on it,” Pelosi said at a press conference Thursday.
Pelosi said that there’s “certainly” reason to believe that the legislation could pass her chamber as well.
“I think that the support is there. What’s more, 90 percent of the American people support background checks,” Pelosi said.
Pelosi’s comments follow earlier remarks in which she said that Congress could still pass new gun legislation, despite a failed attempt to pass new gun laws in the wake of the Sandy Hook shooting.
A number of lawmakers have called on Congress to pass new gun laws in response to a shooting massacre at Washington D.C.’s Navy Yard on Monday.
