Gun-Curb Compromise Loses Steam in Senate Even With GOP Aid
- Republican leaders offered alternative that siphoned support
- Votes put vulnerable Senate Republicans on record on guns
shell casing is ejected from a MMC Armory MA-15 Standard rifle as David Mennie Jr. fires three .223 bullets during testing at MMC Armory, a division of Mennie Machine Co., in Mark, Illinois
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An effort to craft a new compromise aimed at blocking suspected terrorists from buying guns faltered Thursday after an initial test vote in the U.S. Senate Thursday showed the effort lacked enough support to ensure Senate passage.
The result left the chamber with no clear path forward on the emotionally charged issue on the same day that House Democrats wrapped up a 25-hour sit-in to demand gun-related votes.