Democrats Call on Speaker McCarthy for Vote on Gun Reform ‘As Soon As Possible’

More than 100 Democrats are calling on Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) to schedule votes on gun violence prevention legislation, the latest push by members of the minority party to spark action on gun reform.

In a letter to McCarthy on Thursday, the Democrats — all members of the Gun Violence Prevention Task Force and led by Rep. Mike Thompson (D-Calif.) — asked McCarthy to bring firearm-related measures to the floor “as soon as possible.”

The lawmakers also laid out a “new standing request” that if leadership is ever forced to change the vote schedule or cancel votes altogether — which happened last week — that they would fill the open time by considering gun violence prevention legislation instead of scraping votes altogether. The House left for recess one day early last week after GOP leadership was forced to punt a vote on an appropriations bill amid internal disagreements, canceling votes on what was supposed to be the final legislative day before August recess.

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