Biden Asks Faith Leaders To Help Push Background Checks Bill
Vice President Joe Biden on Monday urged faith leaders to keep up the pressure on lawmakers to support a background check compromise, CNN reported.
During a nearly two-hour meeting at the White House, Biden "urged the roughly 20 faith leaders in attendance not to be discouraged by recent legislative failures, and instead assured them that the White House had not given up," according to CNN.
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Biden urges faith leaders to pressure lawmakers on background checks
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Biden urged the roughly 20 faith leaders in attendance not to be discouraged by recent legislative failures, and instead assured them that the White House had not given up.
Without mentioning the names of any lawmakers, Biden acknowledged the effectiveness of such lobbying efforts and asked those in attendance to continue to target those whose opinions can be swayed.
"We worked on thanking some of the people for whom we knew this was a hard vote and to encourage local churches and synagogues to speak out in the states and districts of those senators and representatives who seem to be either undecided or willing to revisit this issue with an open mind," said Rabbi David Saperstein of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism.