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Article snippet: House Speaker MORE and urged him to support a universal background check bill. “We spoke to the President separately this afternoon and told him the best way forward to address gun violence in our country is for Leader McConnell to let the Senate take up and pass the House-passed universal background checks legislation and for the President to sign it into law,” the Democratic leaders said in a joint statement. “The President gave us his assurances that he would review the bipartisan House-passed legislation and understood our interest in moving as quickly as possible to help save lives,” they added. Their talk with Trump comes as Democrats have homed in on trying to pressure Senate Majority Leader MORE (R-Ky.) to bring the Senate back into session to vote on the House-passed bill. Pelosi also sent Trump a letter on Thursday urging him to call the Senate back into session. “Today, as Speaker of the House, I am writing in good faith to request that you call the United States Senate back into session immediately under your powers in Article II Section 3 of the Constitution to consider House-passed bipartisan gun violence prevention legislation," Pelosi wrote. The House passed the universal background check measure with the support of eight Republican lawmakers. The Senate’s version has 42 co-sponsors, none of whom are Republicans. McConnell on Thursday rejected the calls for the Senate to return early from their five-week August recess, saying senators and their s... Link to the full article to read more