Pelosi says Senate remains hurdle in passing gun bill after Buffalo shooting

BY MYCHAEL SCHNELL 

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Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Sunday said the Senate remains a hurdle in passing gun legislation after a gunman opened fire in New York one day earlier, killing 10 people and injuring three others.

Asked by co-anchor Dana Bash on CNN’s “State of the Union” if she, President Biden and other Democrats should make gun measures a bigger priority, Pelosi said “it is a huge priority for us, and it has been a huge priority for Joe Biden.”

“But the fact is the 60-vote majority in the Senate is an obstacle to doing any, many good things, unfortunately, and again, we are not going away until the job is done,” Pelosi said.

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Hochul: ‘Wild access’ to guns, sharing of hate online ‘a lethal combination’

BY MYCHAEL SCHNELL 

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) on Sunday said “wild access to guns” and “unfettered sharing of hate information” online is “a lethal combination” one day after a gunman opened fire in her state, killing 10 people.

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Hochul says Buffalo gunman ‘is not gonna see the light of day again’

BY MYCHAEL SCHNELL 

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) on Sunday said the alleged gunman who fatally shot 10 people in Buffalo, N.Y. one day earlier “is not going to see the light of day again.”

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Pelosi: Current Supreme Court ‘dangerous’ for families, freedom

BY MYCHAEL SCHNELL

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Sunday said the current Supreme Court is “dangerous” for families and freedom in the U.S., as justices appear poised to overturn the 1973 landmark decision legalizing abortion in the U.S.

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Oklahoma governor warns tribes not to create abortion havens

BY BRAD DRESS 

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) on Sunday warned Native American tribes not to create abortion safe havens if Roe v. Wade is overturned and his state enacts a near-total ban on abortions.

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Support for abortion rights hits new high in NBC News poll

BY RACHEL SCULLY 

Over 60 percent of Americans oppose the prospect of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade as support for abortion rights reaches a new record high, according to a new NBC News poll.

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Pelosi on McCarthy subpoena: Jan. 6 committee will take it ‘one step at a time’

BY OLAFIMIHAN OSHIN

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said on Sunday that the select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack would take it “one step at a time” in response to a question about whether the full House would vote to hold GOP lawmakers, including Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), in contempt if they did not cooperate with the panel.

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Pelosi calls Title 42 hold-up in COVID-19 bill ‘blackmail’

BY MYCHAEL SCHNELL 

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Sunday said holding up a COVID-19 relief bill as a way to demand a vote on Title 42, a Trump-era pandemic public health policy that allows for the rapid expulsion of migrants at the border and prevents them from seeking asylum, is “blackmail,” but she appeared open to the notion of Congress holding a vote on the controversial measure.

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Pelosi says Stefanik tweet on baby formula shortage ‘irresponsible’

BY OLAFIMIHAN OSHIN

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said on Sunday that a tweet by Rep. Elise Stefanik  (R-N.Y.) blaming the baby formula shortage on the Biden administration was “irresponsible.”

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Barnette says opponents ‘mad’ she is taking lead in Pennsylvania Senate race

BY BRAD DRESS

Kathy Barnette, who has surged as a leading candidate in the Republican primary for Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate seat, said her opponents were “mad” that she is ahead in the race despite spending far less on her campaign.

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