WASHINGTON _ A special legislative meeting on gun control scheduled after mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, was postponed because of Hurricane Dorian.
The House of Representatives and U.S. Senate aren't returning to Washington from their annual break until Sept. 9. The House Judiciary Committee originally had scheduled a markup of three bills for Wednesday, amid an outcry for action after 22 people were killed in an El Paso Walmart on Aug. 3 and 10 people were killed outside a Dayton bar less than 24 hours later.
Five members of the committee are from Florida and three members are from Georgia, where Hurricane Dorian is leading to evacuations and airport closures. Members of Congress typically return to their districts when major weather events strike.
