House to vote on gun measure next week in wake of Orlando shooting
The House will vote on legislation next week that contains a provision that would prevent suspected terrorists from buying guns.
Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wisconsin, made the surprise announcement to House Republicans during a conference call on Thursday, according to a source on the call.
Ryan announced that the provision will be part of a broader legislative package on combatting terrorism that will also include measures intended to disrupt radicalization and recruitment efforts, the source said.
The details of the package haven't been finalized yet, and the source said Ryan wanted to "look at this deliberatively to protect due process and make sure we get this right."
The House will also vote on Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA)'s mental health reform bill next week because Ryan said the two common denominators in past shootings is terrorism and mental illness, the source added.
Only a few days after the Orlando shooting earlier this month, Ryan suggested that a vote on a bill to ban suspected terrorists from buying guns wouldn't be happening anytime soon. It has been dubbed "no fly, no buy" in the Senate.
"We want to make sure something like this doesn't happen again," he said at a press conference June 16. "We also want to make sure that we're not infringing upon legitimate constitutional rights."
Ryan said that legislation such as the Democrats' "no fly, no buy" legislation "could actually blow ongoing terrorist investigations."
"Let's make sure that we are not infringing upon a law-abiding citizen's Second Amendment rights," he added at the time.
Since those comments, the Senate has voted on a series of proposals that would ban suspected terrorists from buying guns and address the background check system. Most of those have been rejected except for a bipartisan proposal offered by Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine that survived a test vote last week.
Democrats in both chambers have been placing intense pressure on their GOP counterparts to hold gun control votes. Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Connecticut, led a 15-hour filibuster the week after the Orlando shooting and House Democrats staged a 25-hour sit-on on the House floor last week demanding that the House vote on a no fly, no buy proposal. A number of House Democrats have been holding events back in their districts this week to focus on the issue.
A Quinnipiac University survey released Thursday found that 86 percent of registered voters support "no fly, no buy" legislation compared with 12 percent that don't. Of those voters in households with a gun, 83 percent still back the proposal, versus 14 percent that don't.
President Obama has called for gun control action in Congress, including "no fly, no buy" legislation. It's unclear, however, whether the GOP package under discussion will satisfy Democrats.
Congress is now on recess for the July 4th holiday.
CBS News's Reena Flores and Steven Portnoy contributed to this report.
