With the Senate expected to pass the bipartisan Senate gun bill, House GOP Whip Steve Scalise is set to encourage his members to vote against it.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., voted for it; however two other members of his Senate leadership team, including Sens. John Thune, R-S.D., and John Barrasso, R-Wyo., voted against it.Mitch McConnell asked Sen. John Cornyn to talk with Democrats about gun legislation, saying he was "hopeful" something would come out of it. AP Photo/J. Scott ApplewhiteSpeaker of the House Nancy Pelosi of Calif.
The Senate is expected to pass the bill by the end of the week, allowing for a possible House floor vote on it before July 4.
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