Senate defeats Democratic measure on gun control

In US, Senate voting largely along party lines, defeated a Democratic measure aimed at expanding background checks for individual gun sales, a blow to reform efforts in the wake of the Orlando massacre. 

The amendment, put forward by Senator Chris Murphy who staged a



15-hour marathon Senate speech pressing for common sense gun control in the aftermath of the attack on a Florida gay club, failed to clear a procedural hurdle, going down 44 votes to 56. A Republican measure expanding funding for the background check system also failed to advance.