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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., shown talking to reporters after the recent budget package passed in the Senate, was concerned Monday morning the President Trump made no mention of background checks in his remarks from the White House in response to two mass shootings over the weekend.(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Newtown. Orlando. Parkland. And now after mass shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio, Congress again is confronted with the question of what, if anything, lawmakers should do to combat the scourge of gun violence afflicting the country.

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press August 5, 2019