On Capitol Hill, Democrats have ended a 25-hour sit-in to demand action on gun control—without succeeding in forcing the House to a vote. The sit-in was initiated by Congressmember John Lewis, a veteran of the civil rights movement, and comes in the wake of the Orlando massacre at an LGBT nightclub which left 49 people dead. On Tuesday, the Senate did vote on four separate gun control measures. All four measures failed.
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