Lawmakers are making progress toward a bipartisan deal on mental health legislation in the Senate, though there is a rapidly closing window of time to finish the deal.
Mental health groups met with top senators Thursday and discussed a way past one of the major holdups for a deal in the Senate: a dispute over gun-related language being offered by Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) as part of his larger mental health bill.
Cornyn's staff said Thursday that there has been progress towards a bipartisan deal to resolve this dispute in the “last 24 hours,” according to Paul Gionfriddo, president of Mental Health America, who was in the meetings.
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