GOP drops gun control bill for the summer

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House Republican leaders will adjourn for the summer a day earlier than planned this week without taking up an anti-terrorism bill that contained a critical gun control provision.

In a closed-door meeting with rank-and-file Republicans, Speaker Paul Ryan told lawmakers he was eager for them to return to their districts and work on de-escalating the growing tensions across America stemming from a string of police shootings. But he said that doesn’t include an effort to pass the gun language before leaving.

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