WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of U.S. senators continues to move forward on negotiating limited measures to help prevent mass shootings, though a deal is far from assured, senators involved in the talks from both parties said on Sunday.
“There are intensive discussions underway,” Sen. Pat Toomey, Republican of Pennsylvania, said on CBS’ “Face the Nation.” “It includes people who have not been engaged on this issue in the past. I certainly can’t guarantee any outcome, but it feels to me like we are closer than we’ve been since I’ve been in the Senate.”
Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut, who along with Texas Republican John Cornyn is leading the bipartisan talks, also said the group is “closer than ever before” to a package of gun measures that can meet the 60-vote threshold needed to overcome a filibuster in the Senate.
