Hey out, it's the NPR Politics Podcast.

To talk about gun laws and why at least in recent American history, they never seem

to change.

Three-fists of the Senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, the

motion is not agreed to.

That's tape from the Senate floor, where yesterday, eight days after Orlando, four different

gun measures failed in the Senate.

Three-fists of the Senate is duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, the

motion is not agreed to.

And even though a few senators are still working on a possible compromise bill, there is little

chance of that compromise bill getting through Congress this election year.

On this vote, the yeas are 47, the yeas are 53.

And today we're going to talk about just why that's the case.

Three-fists of the Senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, the

motion is not agreed to.

I'm Sam Sanders, campaign reporter.

I'm Susan Davis, I cover Congress.

I'm Ron Elving at her to correspond.

All right, so, Sue, what happened yesterday?

Are bills that came up for vote in part because of the filibuster that was not an actual filibuster

last week?

Okay, so what happened on the floor this week was the result of Democratic, Connecticut

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