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Article snippet: Senate Minority Leader MORE (D-N.Y.) is walking a fine line as he tries to balance the competing factions of his caucus during this year’s high-profile fight over gun control. Schumer has to deal with liberals who are jockeying for 2020 presidential bids as well as centrists who are up for reelection in states MORE easily won in 2016. Asked what Democrats will seek votes on, Sen. MORE (D-Conn.) said, “We talked about that in that caucus. ... I think [Schumer] said he’s going to work with the caucus to come up with a short list of priorities, soon, in the coming days.” Murphy, a leading advocate for gun control, has been mentioned as a possible 2020 presidential candidate. Schumer said Democrats “will have a list of things that we think need to be done,” but declined to go into detail about what the party will ask for. Democrats stopped short of saying they would block the Fix NICS (National Instant Background Check System) Act if GOP leadership won’t agree to give them votes on their forthcoming list of proposals. The NICS bill is backed by Republicans, Democrats and the National Rifle Association (NRA). Lawmakers are under growing pressure to pass new gun control legislation after 17 people were killed at a school shooting in Parkland, Fla. Schumer and Sen. MORE (D-Ill.), the top two Senate Democrats, met with survivors of the shooting on Capitol Hill Tuesday. While Schumer will undoubtedly get pressed by gun control activists to pursue sweeping reforms, centri... Link to the full article to read more