More on last night's vote:
- Click here for the article.
The Senate voted down four separate gun measures Monday in the aftermath of the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history — showing the partisan paralysis over gun control has barely moved on Capitol Hill despite the stream of continued gun violence across the country.
Lawmakers took up two separate issues involving gun regulations: how to improve the nation’s background check system for those who want to purchase firearms, and how to ensure those with terrorist ties do not obtain a gun. But those questions remained unresolved by lawmakers as of Monday night.
Instead, Democrats made it clear they want to make it as painful for Republicans to oppose their gun amendments, whether through a flood of advocacy calls to their Senate offices or at the ballot box in November.
For a look at the actual votes, click here: Senate Roll Call Votes.
The votes were not for a unique stand alone bill on gun control. Instead they were offered as amendment to one of the appropriations bills that has to passed later this year. Click here for it:
- H.R.2578 - Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016.
For more on the appropriations process:
- House Committee on Appropriations.
- Congress.Gov: Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2017.
