Pittsburgh's mayor travels to Washington to call for vote on gun control

WASHINGTON D.C. — Pittsburgh's mayor is heading to Washington D.C. Monday to call for a vote on gun control.

Lawmakers from across the country are returning to work after a five-week summer recess.

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It's the first time Congress will be in session since the mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton.

Mayor Bill Peduto told our news partners at TribLIVE.com he wants the Senate to vote on bills passed by the House in February.

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They require background checks on all gun sales and extend the amount of time a dealer must wait for a response from the background check system.

Peduto plans to meet with Sen. Pat Toomey, who is the country's top Republican pushing for stricter gun laws.

"We're trying to see if we can find a way to just do a better job screening out people who shouldn't have guns without putting an undo burden on law abiding citizens," he said during an interview with Channel 11's Aaron Martin last week.

Mayor Peduto will be joining other mayors from cities that have also had mass shootings recently.

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