GOP senator seeks bipartisan support for gun compromise

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But, instead, what the American people are receiving is more of the same, another round of meaningless votes on gun control proposals that U.S. Senators knew had zero chance of passing.

Senator Susan Collins is taking the lead on another bipartisan gun control bill after four others were voted down in the Senate. “The Republican versions required people on watch lists to wait 72 hours, they also supported more resources for background checks”. If both he and Feinstein vote for it, support from six more Republicans would still be needed for it to pass.

The Senate voted against tabling Sen. Donnelly was the only Democrat to do so. The proposal also would have ended background check-free gun sales on the internet. The final tally was 46 to 52, which means the measure survived. “In fact, to this day there persists in our laws a unsafe hole that allows suspected terrorists to legally buy firearms”. Those measures were blocked along almost party-line votes by Senate Republicans.

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 21, 2016, to unveil a new gun legislation proposal.

A Democrat-backed proposal giving the government authority to deny the purchase of a firearm if there is “reasonable belief” that it would be used for terrorism. John Cornyn, R-Texas, which on Monday didn’t get the necessary 60 votes to advance. It would have allowed the government to block a gun sale for up to three days pending a court review. The FBI would be notified if someone who’s been on the broader terrorist watch list in the past five years buys a gun, but could not stop the purchase.

“Republicans have run around and spent the last week saying “radical Islamic extremism” to anybody who will listen”, Earnest said. It was ultimately rejected with a 53-47 vote.

Even if such legislation is merely symbolic – because House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., has shown no interest in taking up gun control legislation even if the Senate passes it – polls have shown that the American people overwhelmingly support expanded background checks and other measures meant to reduce gun violence.

Under the ME senator’s proposal, American citizens and legal permanent USA residents would be allowed to appeal if their purchase was restricted and entitled to get attorney fees recouped if they win.

Another amendment proposed by Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) and Sen.

The measure was one of two voted on by the Senate.