McConnell, GOP Senate resist calls to ‘do something’

By LISA MASCARO and MATTHEW DALY
WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is resisting pressure to bring senators back from recess to address gun violence, taking a more measured approach that could very likely result in no legislation, despite wrenching calls to “do something” in the aftermath of back-to-back mass shootings.
President Donald Trump is privately calling up senators — and publicly pushing for an expansion of background checks for firearms purchas