WASHINGTON — The House Judiciary Committee announced a rare recess week markup for Thursday, with Democrats intent on advancing a bill with a suite of gun control proposals that they have floated in recent years.
A panel vote on the bill would tee up potential action in the full House when it returns to session next week, a spokesman for the committee said.
The legislative action would be the first on gun control after a spate of mass shootings, including at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, that killed 19 children and two teachers, and an outcry for Congress to do more to stop them.
