Labrador opposes NRA-backed gun bill
Already dealing with threats of another Democratic floor protest, Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) is now facing defections from the right on a GOP gun bill that conservatives complain is unconstitutional. The handful of Republican naysayers has raised doubts about whether Ryan can muster enough votes from his own party to pass the gun provision. Backed by the National Rifle Association (NRA), the GOP legislation was favored by Republican leaders as a more acceptable alternative to Democratic gun-control bills. But Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), an opponent of the GOP provision, said: “I think it’s dead”/The Hill. More here.
