Brennan Center for Justice: Failure of Background Check Amendment Shows Need for Senate Reform

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–April 17, 2013.  Because of the threat of a filibuster, the U.S. Senate today failed to pass the Manchin-Toomey amendment to expand background checks for certain types of gun sales, blocking the amendment by a 54-46 margin. Although the amendment received a majority of the Senate’s support, the amendment was subject to the same 60-vote threshold ordinarily reserved for ending filibusters.