Charles Schumer had been in talks with Tom Coburn to introduce S. 374, also known as the “Protecting Responsible Gun Sellers” Act.
Those talks fell through, and Schumer chose to forge ahead with his own version, now entitled the “Fix Gun Checks” Act. If that sounds familiar, it’s the same bill he introduced last year, which was read on the floor but died in committee.
As I mentioned last week, we didn’t have the text of the bill because it was being written in committee. Now we do [pdf]. It passed as an amendment by a 10-8 margin, with the vote being along purely partisan lines.
Read on for a synopsis.