“Congressional Republicans have widely condemned President Obama’s new executive orders on firearms, but for all the criticism there’s little chance this GOP-controlled Congress can block the president’s latest gun control moves,” Politico reports.
“A key problem: After congressional leaders cleared the decks ahead of the 2016 elections, there are no must-pass bills looming that Republicans could use as vehicles to force Democrats to undo Obama’s actions.”
The Hill: GOP scrambles for response to Obama
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