Pelosi: Trump should call in lawmakers for 'urgent' session on gun control laws

McConnell, the Senate majority leader, refuted Pelosi’s suggestion, but called for a bipartisan solution when Congress resumes

The House speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday urged Donald Trump to invoke his presidential powers to summon US lawmakers back into session and address gun control legislation.

In a letter to the president, Pelosi characterized the spate of mass shootings – in Gilroy, California; El Paso, Texas; and Dayton, Ohio – as a matter of “great urgency” and called on Congress to act.

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