Moderate Senators from either side of the aisle kept their cards close to the chest after Wednesday’s heated Judiciary Committee hearing on President Biden’s nominee to head ATF.
President Biden’s effort to install a gun-control activist as the head of the agency that regulates the gun industry began in earnest this week. The controversial pick faces an uncertain future, and it’s not clear he can get the 50 votes needed to be confirmed. But it’s not clear he can’t either.
This week President Biden’s nominee to run the ATF faced his first major test. His hearing was filled with apologies and doubling down. How will moderate Senators react? Permitless carry expanded to its biggest state yet, and momentum for the policy is likely to carry on to more states. Plus, an update on the struggle over the future of the NRA.
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