House Dems are demanding Mitch McConnell immediately return to Washington so the Senate can vote on gun control legislation after this weekend's mass shootings
House Democrats are demanding Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell immediately return to Washington so the Senate can vote on gun control legislation in the wake of two deadly mass shootings over the weekend that left at least 31 people dead.
By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or alerts from POLITICO. You can unsubscribe at any time.whether they should cut short their six-week recess and return to the Capitol to pass additional gun control legislation. “I don’t know what additional bills we would pass. I think we’ve made the first step, we’ve passed good legislation,” Thompson said in an interview Monday, referring to the pair of background-check bills. “I think the Senate needs to do its job and pass the legislation.”
Since the deadly shootings over the weekend, Democrats — and a few Republicans — have forcefully criticized McConnell for sitting on the legislation for months.
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