Clock is ticking on Senate's gun deal: Negotiators stuck on 2 issues as recess looms
The clock is ticking for Senate negotiators working to reach a final agreement on an anti-gun violence package before the Fourth of July recess.
After agreeing earlier this month on a framework for the deal -- including enhanced background checks for those ages 18-21 and funding for mental health and school safety programs -- negotiators trying to turn the agreement into legislative text left Washington over the weekend without a clear path forward on two outstanding elements: "red flag" laws and closing the so-called "boyfriend loophole" by expanding a ban on domestic abusers owning firearms.
Republican Sens. John Cornyn, of Texas, and Thom Tillis, of North Carolina, have been huddled with Democratic colleagues Chris Murphy, of Connecticut, and Kyrsten Sinema, of Arizona, in efforts to turn their broad consensus into an actual piece of legislation that can be considered and taken up for a vote on the Senate floor.
Though tensions ran high at the close of last week, a source close to the negotiations told ABC News on Sunday that discussions were back on track and that they were "moving in the right direction."
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