Progress on Senate Gun Control Package Stalls as Senators Fail to Reach Final Agreement

Progress on Senate Gun Control Package Stalls as Senators Fail to Reach Final Agreement
Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) speaks with reporters in Washington on June 14, 2022. Drew Angerer/Getty Images
Joseph Lord
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After some optimistic signs for Democrats hoping to reach a bipartisan agreement on a gun control package, progress in the negotiations has begun to stall as lawmakers failed to reach a final agreement on the legislative text on Thursday.

Following a school shooting in Uvalde, Texas that left 19 children and two adults dead, the Senate began to make a concerted push to reach a legislative agreement that could pass the 60-vote filibuster threshold in the upper chamber.

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