Senate votes down 2 gun control amendments day after San Bernardino shooting

Sen. Dianne Feinstein.
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On Thursday, the Senate rejected two gun control measures brought forward one day after the mass shooting in San Bernardino that killed 14 people.

A proposal from Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) to expand background checks for guns bought at gun shows and online was voted down, 48-50, and an amendment from Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) to prevent people listed on the terror watch list from buying firearms was rejected, 45-54. Both needed 60 votes to be adopted, and they were offered to an ObamaCare repeal package being debated in the Senate, The Washington Post reports.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.