Hope dims for Senate action on guns after frenzied day

Politico reports:

As Sen. Chris Murphy and his Democratic allies held the Senate floor and filibustered into Wednesday evening to force a debate on gun control, negotiations on legislation to prevent suspected terrorists from buying firearms were breaking down behind closed doors.

In an election year, even something that seems politically unassailable, like barring potential terrorists from getting weapons, is proving to be an incredibly difficult task. While senators in both parties say they want a solution, the Democrats’ attention-grabbing filibuster may be more vividly remembered than sputtering negotiations aimed at finding a compromise to close the so-called terrorist gun loophole.

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But aides in both parties said there was little real movement by the end of the day, and both sides remained dug in behind their previous positions. Republicans and Democrats developed anti-terror guns proposal in December after the mass shooting in San Bernardino — and one senior Democratic source said it would be a breakthrough simply to get redos on those two failed votes.

“My guess is we’re back to square one,” the source said.

Square one.