McConnell: Bipartisan Negotiations Looking at Mental Illness, School Safety After Mass Shooting

U.S. Senate Minority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-K.Y.) (2nd L) speaks as Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), left, and Senate Minority Whip Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), right, listen during a news briefing after a weekly Senate Republican policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on March 8, 2022. Alex Wong/Getty Images

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) says Republicans are working across the aisle to try to reach a compromise bill to respond to the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting with a focus on mental illness and school safety.

The Uvalde shooting left 19 children as well as two teachers dead, and has prompted lawmakers on both sides of the aisle to try to take action.