US House won’t vote on gun control at least until September: Kevin McCarthy
Amid deep divisions in Republican ranks, a failure to vote on legislation this week means that nothing will happen in the House on gun control until September 6.
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California arrives for a meeting with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at the Capitol Hill Club in Washington, Thursday, July 7, 2016. (Source: AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
The US House of Representatives will not vote on a bill limiting weapons sales to people on terrorism watch lists before leaving at the end of this week for a long summer break, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy told reporters on Tuesday.
Amid deep divisions in Republican ranks, a failure to vote on legislation this week means that nothing will happen in the House on gun control until September 6, when the House will return from its summer break.
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