House GOP leaders consider rebuking Dems for gun sit-in

House GOP leaders are considering a resolution to rebuke Democrats for their late June sit-in to call for gun control legislation.

GOP leadership aides told The Hill that discussions are underway about how to punish Democrats for their nearly 26-hour occupation of the House floor, and no final decision has been made at this point.

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Democrats who took part in the sit-in have dismissed warnings that they might be punished for breaking House rules. They defended their decision to call attention to what they saw as inaction on gun safety measures after the shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando.

"They want to pick this fight and say the American people shouldn't hear this stuff, that we're like the Politburo, the Chinese communist party?” Rep. Scott Peters (D-Calif.), who was among the lawmakers live-streaming the event, told The Hill at the time. “If you want people to calm down, there's a better way than fighting a stupid battle over rules.”

The House has been out of session since July 14, about three weeks after the sit-in.