Bipartisan group of senators prepare to file gun legislation text today

Bipartisan group of senators prepare to file gun legislation text today after the measure got held up by Republicans demanding no funding in the bill be used to pay for abortions

• A GOP source told Politico that negotiators ran into a hiccup over the Hyde Amendment, which bans the use of federal funds to pay for abortions
• Another provision that caused trouble last week was the so-called ‘boyfriend loophole’ 
• The Washington Post reports that language closing the boyfriend loophole has been worked out and is a part of the legislation

By Morgan Phillips, Politics Reporter For Dailymail.Com

Published: 10:35 EDT, 21 June 2022 | Updated: 10:35 EDT, 21 June 2022