On Capitol Hill, House Speaker Paul Ryan said he was suspending a bill that would make gun silencers widely available. Ryan appeared to leave open the possibility that lawmakers would take the bill up again later in the fall. Meanwhile, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell rejected calls Tuesday by some Democrats for new gun control laws in the wake of the Las Vegas massacre.
Sen. Mitch McConnell: “Yeah, I think it’s particularly inappropriate to politicize an event like this. It just happened within the last day and a half. It’s entirely premature to be discussing about legislative solutions, if any. … We’re in the middle of the investigation. We’ll see what that reveals. And at the end of that, there’ll be an appropriate time to discuss it. In the meantime, our priority is on tax reform. As my colleagues have indicated, we’re going to press ahead with that.”