Schumer said he will give bipartisan negotiations in the Senate about two weeks, while Congress is away for a break, to try to forge a compromise bill that could pass the 50-50 Senate, where 60 votes will be needed to overcome a filibuster.Ī small, bipartisan group of senators who have for years sought to negotiate legislation on guns met Thursday afternoon for the second time searching any compromise that could win approved in Congress. READ MORE: We asked every senator what action should be taken on guns. Rejection of the bill, just two days after the mass shooting at Texas elementary school that killed 19 children and two teachers, brought into sharp relief Congress’ persistent failure to pass legislation to curb the nation’s epidemic of gun violence. “None of us are under any illusions this will be easy,” Schumer said ahead of the vote. The final vote was 47-47, short of the 60 needed to take up the bill. He said it could become the basis for negotiation.īut the vote failed along party lines, raising fresh doubts about the possibility of robust debate, let alone eventual compromise, on gun safety measures. tried to nudge Republicans into taking up a domestic terrorism bill that had cleared the House quickly last week after mass shootings at a grocery store in Buffalo, New York, and a church in Southern California targeting people of color. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrats’ first attempt at responding to the back-to-back mass shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde, Texas, failed in the Senate Thursday as Republicans blocked a domestic terrorism bill that would have opened debate on difficult questions surrounding hate crimes and gun safety.

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