Democrats Try to Pressure Senate Republicans on Gun Control

Democrats Try to Pressure Senate Republicans on Gun Control
House Majority Leader Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) during a press conference in a file photograph. Win McNamee/Getty Images
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WASHINGTON—Democrats sought to pressure President Donald Trump and Senate Republicans on Aug. 13 to support an aggressive background check legislation.

Democrats in the House of Representatives held a news conference with relatives and friends of mass shooting victims to pressure Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to call the upper chamber back from an August recess for a vote on gun control legislation that was approved by the House in February.