GOP delays action on gun bill

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House Republicans on Tuesday delayed by one day an effort to advance legislation aimed at requiring the government to take a tougher stance on radical Islamic terrorism, and allowing the government to ban the purchase of guns by certain people suspected of terrorism.

The House Rules Committee was set to meet Tuesday night to decide on a plan for considering the Homeland Safety and Security Act, a bill offered by House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif.

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