Congress failed to approve a firearms background check bill after 20 kindergartners were killed in Sandy Hook almost a decade ago.
But Trump eventually backed away from the proposals, pressured both times by the National Rifle Association and other groups.
Last year, the House passed two bills to expand background checks on firearms purchases. One would have closed a loophole for private and online sales. The other would have extended the background check review period, a response to the church shooting of Black people by a white man in South Carolina.
The stalemate has renewed calls to do away with the Senate filibuster rules for legislation, as the Senate has already done for nominations, lowering the threshold to a 51-vote majority for passage.
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