Ryan (R-Wis.) said the bill could come up next week as part of a package of bills aimed at combating terrorist radicalization and recruitment, according to a GOP aide who was on the call. No final decision has been made, the aide said.

A vote on legislation to address the so-called “terror gap” could be a way to avoid continued Democratic floor disruptions. On Tuesday, a handful of Democrats tried to derail a brief “pro forma” session by shouting for recognition, and members afterward promised more antics to come.

But Ryan and fellow GOP leaders are not inclined to give in to Democrats’ specific demand — for a vote on a Senate-drafted proposal that would give the attorney general the power to block gun sales to people on federal terror watch lists — lest they encourage future attempts by the minority party to force action by occupying the floor.

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Instead, the aide said, any House bill would be more likely to resemble Republican alternative legislation drafted by Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) that would give federal officials three days to go to court to block a gun sale to a suspected terrorist.

Roll Call first reported on the conference call Thursday.

Democrats were not pleased at the reports that they might only get a chance to vote for a Republican alternative to the legislation they have been pushing.

“Bringing up a bill authored by the NRA just isn’t going to cut it,” Drew Hammill, a spokesman for House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), said in a statement. He promised that House Democrats “will keep up our efforts” to get Ryan to allow a vote on their preferred measures to combat gun violence.

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Ryan said in a Sunday TV interview that Republicans would not “tolerate” any further occupation of the House floor. Rep. Steve Israel (D-N.Y.), a member of House Democratic leadership, on Tuesday refused to commit to a repeat of last week’s sit-in, but Democrats continue to weigh whether to repeat the protest.

Even if Republicans don’t put the Democrats’ preferred bill on the House floor, Democrats could still have the opportunity to force a vote on their legislation under typical House practice.