by The quick answer to the headline is the House Rules Committee. They are scheduled to meet to discuss the budget reconciliation bill aka A Big, Beautiful Bill at 1am Eastern on Wednesday morning.
And here I have thought the House Budget Committee reconvening their markup meeting on the budget reconciliation bill at 10pm Sunday night was a bit unusual.
If you are awake and want to watch the sausage being – I mean legislation considered – there will be video.
Will Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC-5) listen to gun rights groups and include the portions of the Hearing Protection Act and the SHORT Act as requested? She has been pro-2A in the past so there is some, if slim, hope. It is interesting to note that Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) is a member of the committee as he has been supportive of both measures.
In a tweet on X from Erich Pratt of Gun Owners of America which featured a video of an interview with Mr. Roy, it was noted that a lot of progress had been made on suppressors and they are still working of SBRs and SBSs.
We had a great day on Capitol Hill meeting with 2A champions about the fight to deregulate suppressors and short-barreled rifles.
— Gun Owners of America (@GunOwners) May 20, 2025
Big thanks to @chiproytx for standing with gun owners and encouraging GOA members to tell their reps to support HPA & SHORT Act!
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I guess we may know tomorrow morning when we get up to have our morning coffee.
While it appears that many state level groups and others such as GOA are going for the whole enchilada, i.e., SBRs, SBS, AND suppressors, it appears the NRA has given up on anything more than suppressors. This is from my reading of an alert sent out on Monday urging people to call representatives to push for the inclusion of suppressors in the bill. In my opinion – and it is only my opinion – this is a mistake as a win on the whole lot would galvanize the grass roots and mark the NRA as hard-core supporters of gun rights.