Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) filed a cloture motion on Tuesday night to shut off a GOP filibuster of a Democratic gun-control bill. The cloture vote will take place on Thursday, and Democrats believe they have the votes to beat it.
The cloture motion comes as Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) said he was on the verge of a bipartisan deal with Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) on a compromise bill on expanded background checks for gun sales.
"We're getting there. We're really getting there," Manchin told reporters. "Tomorrow we hope to be at the point where we can finalize everything."
A Manchin-Toomey agreement would be offered as an amendment to the Democratic bill.
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