As House Democrats wrapped up their gun control "sit-in" Thursday, the Senate picked up a gun control debate of its own. The upper chamber conducted a test vote to decide which of two competing gun control measures, both of which address preventing terror suspects from purchasing guns, would survive.
While the bipartisan-backed bill spearheaded by Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) won a majority of support, it came eight votes shy of the necessary 60 votes to advance. The other bill, drafted by Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and designed to appeal more to conservatives, won just 30 votes.
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