THE WASHINGTON FREE BEACON – Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.) shelved his party’s gun bill Thursday after a stinging defeat the day before as Democrats, the White House, and gun control advocates vowed to keep fighting.
“This debate is not over,” Reid said on the floor of the Senate Thursday afternoon after he pulled the gun bill. “I’ve spoken with the president. He and I agree that the best way to keep working towards passing a background check bill is to hit a pause and freeze the background check bill where it is.”
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Reid used a procedural option to withdraw the bill while retaining the option to reintroduce it at a later date.
An amendment expanding background checks on firearm sales failed by a vote of 54 to 46 on Wednesday, with four Democrats voting against it. Bills banning high-capacity magazines and so-called “assault weapons” also failed.
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