The proposal, sponsored by Sen. Chuck Grassley ( R ) , failed to get the 60 votes for passage. The vote was 53-47.
A second proposal sponsored by Murphy ( D ) to expand the background check system for those buying guns to require checks at gun shows and for online purchases went down 44-56.
The measure was sponsored by Sen. John Cornyn ( R ), to delay gun sales to individuals included on a government terror watch list failed in a mostly party-line vote of 53-47.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein's ( D ) proposal that sought to bar all gun sales to those individuals on the terror watch list failed 47-53, for the second time .