U.S. House set to vote on bills to expand gun background checks

FILE PHOTO: Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) listens to Health and Human Services Secretary Alex M. Azar at a hearing before the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis in the Rayburn Building in Washington, U.S., October 2, 2020. Michael A. McCoy/Pool via REUTERS

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives is set to vote on Wednesday on a pair of bills to expand background checks before gun purchases, two years after a similar House effort failed to make it through the Senate.

The House Rules Committee on Monday will take up the two bills that Democrats, who control the chamber, say are aimed at closing loopholes in the background check system.