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Senate supporters of requiring background checks for firearms purchased at gun shows and over the internet made a fresh pitch Wednesday to President Donald Trump.
Republican Senator Patrick Toomey of Pennsylvania and Democrats Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Chris Murphy of Connecticut cautioned that they did not win Trump's endorsement of their background check bill during their 40-minute telephone conversation with him but depicted the president as engaged and encouraging.
The trio hopes to hear back from the White House on Thursday.
Trump, speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, said he and lawmakers were "working very, very hard together" and "seeing if we can come up with something that's acceptable to everybody."
But he offered few clues about what he is willing to put his weight behind, even as he insisted that "progress is being made. "
"We're looking at background checks and we're looking at putting everything together in a unified way so that we can have something that's meaningful," he said, adding that, "At the same time, all of us want to protect our great Second Amendment. It's very important to all of us."
Asked specifically about the bill in question, which would require background checks for firearm purchases at gun shows and over the internet, Trump said there are "a lot of things under discussion," including "some things" that "will never happen" and other things that might.
"It's really 'Gun Sense,' if you think about it," Trump said, adding: "We're having great dialogue. We'll see what happens."
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