In the wake of the Las Vegas mass shooting, House Speaker Paul Ryan Paul Davis RyanKenosha will be a good bellwether in 2020 At indoor rally, Pence says election runs through Wisconsin Juan Williams: Breaking down the debates MORE (R-Wis.) on Tuesday said there are no plans to bring controversial gun silencer legislation to the House floor.

“I don’t know when it’s going to be scheduled. We’re focused on passing our budget,” the speaker said.

Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-S.C.), the author of the gun silencers provision in the Sportsmen Heritage and Recreational Enhancement Act, told reporters last night that the vote was to be sometime next week, adding "who knows now" after 59 people died and hundreds of others were injured in the nation's deadliest mass shooting.

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A vote on the bill was first delayed after House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) and several others were shot by a gunman in Alexandria, Va., during a congressional baseball practice in mid-June, according to reports.

While GOP leadership never finalized plans for its consideration, Sunday's shooting has renewed a debate over gun regulations.

Democrats have hammered Republicans for pushing legislation that would make it easier for people to buy gun silencers, also commonly known as suppressors, asking how much worse the outcome at the country music concert would've been if a silencer had masked the sound of gunfire spraying the ground as attendees fled the scene.