Today, President Biden waded back into the politically fraught politics of gun control, announcing steps to crack down on “ghost guns,” which he said have become “weapons of choice for many criminals.” During a Rose Garden event, Biden acknowledged the executive actions stemmed from an inability to get such measures through Congress and pushed back against the gun lobby’s contention that what he is doing is “extreme.” He repeated calls for Congress to pass an assault-rifle ban and other stalled measures.
Biden also formally announced the nomination of Steve Dettelbach, a former U.S. attorney in Ohio, to head the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. The bureau has been without a Senate-confirmed leader since 2015. Biden’s announcements come in a midterm election year in which Republicans are eager to brand his party as soft on crime and Democrats are seeking to push back. Biden repeated his opposition to the “defund the police” movement, saying he favors additional investments.
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On our radar: Biden to visit Iowa; Okla. governor expected to sign restrictive abortion bill
Return to menuAnd that’s a wrap on Monday, which brought new updates on the Biden administration’s fight for gun-control measures. Congress is on recess — and will be for the next two weeks — but that doesn’t mean national politics remain stagnant. Here are some of the developments we will keep an eye out for on Tuesday, all of which take us a few steps beyond the Beltway:
- Biden will visit central Iowa to talk oil prices. The president is traveling to Iowa on Tuesday, where he will visit an ethanol processing plant and deliver remarks on his administration’s actions to reduce the impact of gas prices. The president also will talk about the bipartisan infrastructure deal and its impact in rural communities.
- Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) is expected to sign a sweeping abortion ban. Under the bill, performing an abortion in the state would become a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison. The measure, which would ban most abortions in Oklahoma, makes no exceptions for rape or incest. The ban would take effect this summer and is likely to face legal challenges.
- Former vice president Mike Pence will speak at the University of Virginia. He will appear at an event hosted by the conservative Young America’s Foundation at 7 p.m. Eastern.
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